Marge Elaine Plumhoff

Memorial service for Margery E. Plumhoff, 90, of Ceylon, MN will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, January 13, at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont. Burial will follow at Lake Belt Township Cemetery in Ceylon. Visitation will be 4:00 ? 7:00 p.m. Sunday at the Lakeview Funeral Home in Fairmont.Margery passed away Wednesday evening, January 8, 2014 at the Lutz Wing Nursing Home in Fairmont.Margery Elaine (Wiltse) Plumhoff was born on February 14, 1923 in Ceylon, MN, to Guy and Elina (Schmidt) Wiltse. Margery accomplished many things during her childhood life. She played in the band; was first chair playing bass horn. She had the privilege to play with Walter Mondale and his brother, as she called them, Pete and Fritz. She always thought it was neat that the man she got into mischief with as a child would be a Vice President for the United States of America. Margery graduated from Ceylon High School in 1940. She attended college and graduated from the Mankato Teachers College in Mankato. Marge ended up moving with her family to Wyoming, Washington, Texas and then back to Ceylon.Marge worked various jobs; a hardware store manager, government grocery store, and the Secret Service in Washington. After moving back to Ceylon in 1946, she met one fine looking soldier. She bet her friends one dollar that she would marry that man. On March 15, 1947, she married that man, Merle Plumhoff in Ceylon. They lived in various places, but eventually lived on a farm west of Ceylon and brought 4 children into this world. After her children moved away they continued to live on the farm raising animals. They eventually moved into Ceylon and cared for Margery?s mother. Margery worked for a long time as a noon aide at the Ceylon High School. She kissed a lot of boo-boo?s and was everyone?s ?Grandma.? She also helped tutor children at the Ceylon School besides working at the Library for many years. Marge was known as the ?candy lady,? as a lot of kids would come to her house because they knew she would have suckers for them.Merle passed away in February of 2005. Margery lived in Ceylon until her failing health caused her to move into the Lutz Wing Nursing Home in Fairmont. She was a charter member of the Nassen-Detert American Legion Auxiliary Post 529 and the United Methodist Church in Ceylon.Those that will cherish her memory include four children and their spouses, Linda Kling (Rick) of Welcome, MN, Jane Leiding (Ronnie), Tom Plumhoff (Jo Ann), Jim Plumhoff (Aubrey), all of Ceylon, MN; grandchildren, Larry Kling (Ellen), Cody Leiding (Nicole), Mike Linn (Julie), Jacci Jahnke (Rod), Jason Linn (Amber), Travis Leiding (Angie), Heidi Bicknase (Dave), Tom Linn (Tess), Madisyn and Ellie Plumhoff; 20 great grandchildren, Josh, Parker, Payton and Tate Leiding, Taylor and Cody Linn, Hunter and Hayden Jahnke, Kylee and Jada Linn, Mikayla and Tayler Hagen, Hailey, Colton and Ty Leiding, Hope, Isabella and Grace Bicknase, Paislee and Tanner Linn; one brother, Willard ?Bud? Wiltse of Austin, TX; sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, LaJune Poppe-Wiltse, Gerry and George Hendricks, Elaine Speckman, Charlotte and John Schmidtke; many nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.Margery was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one granddaughter, Heather Jo Plumhoff as well as other family members.