Obituary of Margaret May Stock

Margaret M. Stock, 80, of Lone Tree died Wednesday, September 14, 2005 at the Lone Tree Health Care Center in Lone Tree following an extended illness. Funeral services for Margaret will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, September 16, 2005 at the United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree. Rev. Jason Pittman will officiate the services. Burial will be at the Lone Tree Cemetery. Visitation for Margaret will be held on Thursday, September 15, 2005, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree. A memorial has been established at the funeral home in memory of Margaret. Sympathy notes may be left for the Stock family at www.lewisfuneralhomes.com. Margaret May Stonebarger was born on March 17, 1925 in Lone Tree, Iowa the daughter of Harry A. and Mary Wilma (Jehle) Stonebarger. Margaret was a 1943 graduate of Lone Tree High School and attended Teacher's College in Cedar Falls. On June 12, 1954, Margaret was united in marriage to James C. Stock at the Congregational Chapel in Iowa City. Margaret taught country school in Johnson County for two years and from 1951 - 1965, she worked at Hills Bank and Trust in Hills. She was a member of the United Presbyterian Church in Lone Tree and the Birthday Club. She enjoyed playing cards and traveling, but most of all, Margaret dearly loved to spend time with her family. Margaret will be deeply missed by her husband, James of Lone Tree; one daughter, Sandra Landers and her husband, Doug of Rochester, Minnesota; two grandchildren, Kimberly Schmidt and her husband, James of Winona, Minnesota and Amy Schneider and her husband, Nicholas of Houston, Minnesota and seven great grandchildren, Hunter Koenigs, Andrew and Benjamin Schmidt and Calli, Nicholas, Samuel and Zachary Schneider. Margaret was preceded in death by her parents, one great granddaughter, Faith Marie Schmidt, one brother, Robert Stonebarger and one infant sister, Martha Lou.