Margaret "Margie" Cerame
1957 - 2025
Share Margaret "Margie" Cerame's obituary with others.
Invite friends and family to read the obituary and add memories.
Stay updated
We'll notify you when service details or new memories are added.
You're now following this obituary
We'll email you when there are updates.
Please select what you would like included for printing:
Margaret (Margie) Cerame was born on August 18, 1957, in Trinidad, Colorado. She was the third of four daughters (Bernadine, Anna Marie, Margaret, and Francine) born to Frank and Irene (Blasi) Cerame.
The family lived in the former coal-mining town of Sopris, Colorado, until 1969, when they relocated to nearby Jansen as Sopris was set to be flooded by the new Trinidad Lake Dam. Family and friends spent years building the Cerame's new home, with the young girls helping hand-make thousands of adobe bricks and facing the exterior with salvaged coke-oven bricks. Frank Cerame ran the family's trucking business, while Irene and the girls handled the demanding work of loading, unloading, repairing tires, and delivering coal throughout the Trinidad area—well known for their red-and-white Ford dump-bed truck.
Margie learned to drive semi-trucks and operate skid steer loaders and developed an extraordinarily strong work ethic that she maintained throughout her life. She graduated from Trinidad High School where she was a varsity cheerleader and rodeo royalty.
Margie chose her soulmate, Jeff Hagen, in 1978. They've been blessed with creating a beautiful family including sons Franko and Dustin and daughter Jami.
The family made their initial home in Castle Rock, CO, where they enjoyed wonderful neighbors and made many good friends. Camping, backpacking, and road trips were frequent occurrences, with and without the young kids. More than once kids and parents awoke to fresh snow covering their tent and tiny camper.
In 1991, the family moved from Castle Rock to Longmont, CO. Margie was very concerned about leaving her good friends and neighbors in Castle Rock but soon found that she could keep all of them while making a whole new world of friends in Longmont. Fortuitously the new home and property came with a beautiful Morgan horse, Allegra, rekindling Margie's passion for horses. Soon there were several more horses as well as dogs, cats and rabbits added to the household. The kids enjoyed good schools, good friends and challenging activities in Longmont. Over their 30 years there they remodeled the home, added horse stalls, fences, trees, and a woodshop.
Margie found myriad ways to help financially support the family, all while prioritizing her kids' wellbeing above all else. After high school she drove semi-trucks in the construction industry. As the family grew, she sought other work that would allow her to participate in school activities and be home when the kids were home. These included banking, school lunchroom and bus driving, caregiving, and medical transcribing. She unfailingly championed her children, encouraging every interest, sport, and passion they pursued, always putting their needs ahead of her own. She loved and supported her grandchildren with the same spirit.
Family, friends, and animals filled her world with purpose. Whether she was tending to her horses or checking in with her children and sisters, her love was constant and expansive. She naturally became the family's heart and compass, the one whose wisdom shaped countless decisions—always summed up by the simple question WWMD...What Would Margie Do?
Margie had a limitless capacity for friendship, including those that began 60 years ago and those that began 60 minutes ago. She was unconcerned with personalities, character quirks, political persuasions, or financial status. She was helpful and a good listener to all. She would happily give you her opinion but respect your decision. She was forever ready to help a friend at a moment's notice, be it across town or across the country.
Margie was an exceptional mother, but that only hinted at the kind of grandmother she became. In 2021, Margie and Jeff moved near La Salle, Colorado, to be closer to their grandchildren, Caide and Weslynn Heiss. She told friends that she had found her dream home to go with her dream life. From school drop-offs and pick-ups to sports activities and music practices, she was always there. The sleepovers at "Grandma's and G-Pa's" house are numerous, and grandma assured a good supper, baths and showers, and that everyone was to bed on time... well, close enough to on time 😊. She was slightly vulnerable to the "one more story" or "one more show" requests. And of course, she slept in the same room with both kids taking care of any tummy aches or scary dreams that might crop up. Most recently she especially enjoyed taking them to music camp in Utah and camper van trips to the sand dunes in Colorado and hot springs in Wyoming.
Her love for horses lasted a lifetime. She cherished her spirited young blue roan mare, Whiskey, while never neglecting devoted care of her longtime companions—Cuervo, Coco, Salsa, Snapple, and Baileys.
Margie never encountered a craft project she couldn't master, often creating not just one but twenty versions to share as gifts.
She moved effortlessly between worlds: doctoring a horse, cradling a baby, caring for an elder, running a chainsaw, hauling hay with her own skid steer, nursing an orphaned kitten, dismantling and rebuilding a grain silo, or preparing dinner for ten with no notice at all.
Her legendary kitchen marathons produced Christmas cookies, Easter bread, green chile, lasagna, chokecherry jelly—Jeff's favorite—and margaritas, which, naturally, were everyone's favorite.
She enthusiastically stepped into caregiving roles whenever the need arose, including her and Jeff's parents as well as friends local, across the state, and across the country, traveling to their homes as needed.
She leaves a giant void in our lives. We will miss her, but she will be with us always.
Margie was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Irene Cerame.
She is survived by her husband Jeff of La Salle, her sons Franko (Connie) of Fountain and Dustin of Lafayette, daughter Jami (Brac) of Kersey with children Caide and Weslynn, sisters Bernadine (Tim) of Hoehne, Anna Marie of Delta, and Francine (Garvis) of Highlands Ranch, brother in law Charlie of Cañon City, nieces Camille and Krystle, nephews Brandon, Bryce, Buck and Kent and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 6, at the D-Barn Reception Hall, 136 S. Main Street, Longmont, CO, beginning at 11:30am with lunch at 12:00 noon.
Per Margie's request, in lieu of flowers please make a charitable contribution to an animal charity of your choice; or
CSU Veterinarian Hospital: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vth/give/
NoCoKitties Feline rescue and spay/neuter: nocokitties.org
Paypal: @NoCoKitties
Venmo: NoCoKitties-dupont
Zelle: NoCoKitties
The family lived in the former coal-mining town of Sopris, Colorado, until 1969, when they relocated to nearby Jansen as Sopris was set to be flooded by the new Trinidad Lake Dam. Family and friends spent years building the Cerame's new home, with the young girls helping hand-make thousands of adobe bricks and facing the exterior with salvaged coke-oven bricks. Frank Cerame ran the family's trucking business, while Irene and the girls handled the demanding work of loading, unloading, repairing tires, and delivering coal throughout the Trinidad area—well known for their red-and-white Ford dump-bed truck.
Margie learned to drive semi-trucks and operate skid steer loaders and developed an extraordinarily strong work ethic that she maintained throughout her life. She graduated from Trinidad High School where she was a varsity cheerleader and rodeo royalty.
Margie chose her soulmate, Jeff Hagen, in 1978. They've been blessed with creating a beautiful family including sons Franko and Dustin and daughter Jami.
The family made their initial home in Castle Rock, CO, where they enjoyed wonderful neighbors and made many good friends. Camping, backpacking, and road trips were frequent occurrences, with and without the young kids. More than once kids and parents awoke to fresh snow covering their tent and tiny camper.
In 1991, the family moved from Castle Rock to Longmont, CO. Margie was very concerned about leaving her good friends and neighbors in Castle Rock but soon found that she could keep all of them while making a whole new world of friends in Longmont. Fortuitously the new home and property came with a beautiful Morgan horse, Allegra, rekindling Margie's passion for horses. Soon there were several more horses as well as dogs, cats and rabbits added to the household. The kids enjoyed good schools, good friends and challenging activities in Longmont. Over their 30 years there they remodeled the home, added horse stalls, fences, trees, and a woodshop.
Margie found myriad ways to help financially support the family, all while prioritizing her kids' wellbeing above all else. After high school she drove semi-trucks in the construction industry. As the family grew, she sought other work that would allow her to participate in school activities and be home when the kids were home. These included banking, school lunchroom and bus driving, caregiving, and medical transcribing. She unfailingly championed her children, encouraging every interest, sport, and passion they pursued, always putting their needs ahead of her own. She loved and supported her grandchildren with the same spirit.
Family, friends, and animals filled her world with purpose. Whether she was tending to her horses or checking in with her children and sisters, her love was constant and expansive. She naturally became the family's heart and compass, the one whose wisdom shaped countless decisions—always summed up by the simple question WWMD...What Would Margie Do?
Margie had a limitless capacity for friendship, including those that began 60 years ago and those that began 60 minutes ago. She was unconcerned with personalities, character quirks, political persuasions, or financial status. She was helpful and a good listener to all. She would happily give you her opinion but respect your decision. She was forever ready to help a friend at a moment's notice, be it across town or across the country.
Margie was an exceptional mother, but that only hinted at the kind of grandmother she became. In 2021, Margie and Jeff moved near La Salle, Colorado, to be closer to their grandchildren, Caide and Weslynn Heiss. She told friends that she had found her dream home to go with her dream life. From school drop-offs and pick-ups to sports activities and music practices, she was always there. The sleepovers at "Grandma's and G-Pa's" house are numerous, and grandma assured a good supper, baths and showers, and that everyone was to bed on time... well, close enough to on time 😊. She was slightly vulnerable to the "one more story" or "one more show" requests. And of course, she slept in the same room with both kids taking care of any tummy aches or scary dreams that might crop up. Most recently she especially enjoyed taking them to music camp in Utah and camper van trips to the sand dunes in Colorado and hot springs in Wyoming.
Her love for horses lasted a lifetime. She cherished her spirited young blue roan mare, Whiskey, while never neglecting devoted care of her longtime companions—Cuervo, Coco, Salsa, Snapple, and Baileys.
Margie never encountered a craft project she couldn't master, often creating not just one but twenty versions to share as gifts.
She moved effortlessly between worlds: doctoring a horse, cradling a baby, caring for an elder, running a chainsaw, hauling hay with her own skid steer, nursing an orphaned kitten, dismantling and rebuilding a grain silo, or preparing dinner for ten with no notice at all.
Her legendary kitchen marathons produced Christmas cookies, Easter bread, green chile, lasagna, chokecherry jelly—Jeff's favorite—and margaritas, which, naturally, were everyone's favorite.
She enthusiastically stepped into caregiving roles whenever the need arose, including her and Jeff's parents as well as friends local, across the state, and across the country, traveling to their homes as needed.
She leaves a giant void in our lives. We will miss her, but she will be with us always.
Margie was preceded in death by her parents Frank and Irene Cerame.
She is survived by her husband Jeff of La Salle, her sons Franko (Connie) of Fountain and Dustin of Lafayette, daughter Jami (Brac) of Kersey with children Caide and Weslynn, sisters Bernadine (Tim) of Hoehne, Anna Marie of Delta, and Francine (Garvis) of Highlands Ranch, brother in law Charlie of Cañon City, nieces Camille and Krystle, nephews Brandon, Bryce, Buck and Kent and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
A Celebration of Life will be held Saturday, December 6, at the D-Barn Reception Hall, 136 S. Main Street, Longmont, CO, beginning at 11:30am with lunch at 12:00 noon.
Per Margie's request, in lieu of flowers please make a charitable contribution to an animal charity of your choice; or
CSU Veterinarian Hospital: https://vetmedbiosci.colostate.edu/vth/give/
NoCoKitties Feline rescue and spay/neuter: nocokitties.org
Paypal: @NoCoKitties
Venmo: NoCoKitties-dupont
Zelle: NoCoKitties
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Margaret "Margie" Cerame, please visit our flower store.
Margaret "Margie" Cerame's Guestbook
Visits: 1146
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors