Margaret Hewitt

Margaret Elizabeth Hewitt, 94, formerly of Plum City, Wisconsin and a recent resident of Fairview Seminary Home, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at the Fairview Red Wing Medical Center. She was born on July 14, 1917 in Red Wing to Benjamin and Susie (Bryant) Mann. She worked many years as a grocery clerk for Steiner Brothers Grocery. On July 5, 1935 she married Willie E. Firl and he passed away January 2, 1969. On March 31, 1973 she married LaVerne "Chuck" Hewitt and he passed away June 19, 2003. She was a member of the Ono Methodist Church.

Margaret is survived by her daughter Joyce Merimonti of Ellsworth, Wisconsin; four grandsons, Danny (Mary), Bruce (Kammy), and Jerry (Judy) Plein all of Red Wing, and Steven (Jennifer) Merimonti of Grapevine, Texas; 9 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Millie Retzloff of Osseo, Minnesota; many nieces, nephews, and her great friend Carol Omsberg of Plum City, Wisconsin. She was preceded in death by her two husbands; her daughter and son-in-law, Albertha and Harold Plein; five brothers and six sisters.

Funeral will be 1 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel with Reverend Kristen Schlauderaff officiating. Visitation will be for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Burial will be at Maple Grove Cemetery in Ellsworth, Wisconsin.