----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 03/07/1990
 

Williams, Margaret (1895 - 1990)

Margaret William, 94, Loughboro Community, Glendive, Mont. died Wednesday, Feb. 28, 1990, in her home. Funeral services were held March 6, 1990, in Glendive, Mont., at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Father Robert Grosch officiated. Burial was in Dawson County Cemetery, Glendive. Pallbearers were Ray Temple, Glenn Hutchinson, Jack Wenberg, Tom O'Dea, Marty O'Dea and Paul O'Dea.

Margaret (Cronin) William was born March 18, 1895, in Wabasha, Minn., to Patrick and Anna (Hillman) Cronin. She was raised and educated in Greenwood. She graduated from Greenwood High School in 1914. In 1918 she moved to Terry, Mont. She taught school at the Cherry Creek School from 1918 to 1919. She also taught rural school in the Poverty Flats area, Three Mile area and Bloomfield area. On May 26, 1921, she married Owen William in Wilbaux, Mont. After their marriage, they farmed and ranched in the Loughboro area.  She also did substitute teaching for many years. She had been a member of the Belle Prairie Homemakers Club. She lived wild flowers and nature, and identified more than 100 different wildflowers in the Loughboro community.  She had seved as a reporter for the Dawson County Review, in Loughboro from 1929 to 1981.

Surviving are her husband two daughters, Eleanor Williams, Glendive, Mont. Mrs. Paul (Lois) O'Dea, Miles City, Mont. three sons, James, Glendive, Mont. Patrick, Dickinson, N.D. Michael, Logan, Mont. two sisters, Dolly Zickert, Greenwood Mrs. Phillip (Anna) Vollrath, Greenwood 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.