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Margaret Ann (Mally) Randolph
Margaret Ann (Mally) Randolph
Anamosa
Margaret Ann (Mally) Randolph, 95, of Anamosa, Iowa, passed away on Thursday, July 7, 2022, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids.
Mass of Christian burial will be held 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, with interment in the Holy Cross Cemetery. Friends may call 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at the Goettsch Funeral Home, where a parish Vigil Service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Visitation will be resume on Friday after 9 a.m. at the church. Msgr. James Miller and Deacon Mike Klappholz will officiate at the services.
Goettsch Funeral Home has taken Margaret
and her family into their care. By visiting goettschonline.com you may share your thoughts, memories and condolences with Margaret’s family and sign the online guest book. In lieu of flowers, a memorial fund has been established.
Family left to cherish her memory include her children, Mary, Phyllis, Aaron Jr. (Jean), Julie (Bill), Tom, Robert and Sue; daughter-in-law, Valerie; grandchildren, Michael and Charlie Carter, Matthew (Amy) Tapken, Jenny (Michael) Hohenshell, Ben (Jenny) Tapken, Megan Schaffner, Jon (Morgan) Shaffner, Aaron III (Lisa), Lorien (Ben) Nonnenmann, Kristen Randolph, Joshua (Emily) Briggs, Andrew (Ashley) Briggs and Tom Randolph Jr.; 13 great-grandchildren; along with a sister-in-law, Rose Mary Mally.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Mary Mally; her brothers, Lawrence, John, Ward, George and Milton; her sister, Ruth; her husband, Dr. Aaron P. Randolph; two sons, Michael and John; two grandchildren, Justin and Jason; and sisters-in-law, Marjorie, Betty and Dorothy.
Margaret was born March 1, 1927, in Berwick, Iowa. She was the daughter of Henry Ward Mally and Mary Edna (Crosby) Mally. She moved with her family to a farm in southeast Ankeny in 1930. She graduated from high school in Ankeny and then Broadlawns Hospital of Nursing in 1950. She married Aaron Peter Randolph on Sept. 1, 1951. They lived in Iowa City, Des Moines, Burlington, and then for over 66 years in Anamosa, Iowa.
Margaret loved family gatherings and visits from her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She also enjoyed bowling, knitting, bridge, and various card games, golf and gardening. Margaret was an avid reader as well.
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