Margaret Kimble
Born: July 2nd, 1917
Died: March 23rd, 2008
Obituary
Margaret Behne Kimble, 90, of Burlington, died at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, March 23, 2008, at Great River Medical Center's Klein Center. Born July 2, 1917, in Burlington, she was the daughter of Albert Frederic and Selma Johnson Behne. On March 27, 1940, she married Merwyn "Bradley" Kimble in New Hampton. He died July 29, 1991. Mrs. Kimble was a registered nurse at St. Marys Hospital in Rochester, Minn., and at Mercy Hospital. She was the day supervisor of nursing at Fort Madison Hospital for 20 years, retiring in 1980. She was a 1935 graduate of Dallas City (Ill.) High School and a 1938 Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a former member of the Jane Delano Club and the Dallas City Eastern Star. She was an avid supporter of the Burlington Public Library and volunteered with R.S.V.P. in Fort Madison and at grade schools in Burlington. Survivors include three daughters, Marcia Forquer of Canton, Ill., Marda Logan of LaHarpe, Ill., and Mary Kimble of Fort Madison; three sons, Brad Kimble of St. Louis, Martin Kimble of Peoria, Ill., and Mark Kimble of Columbia, MO; one stepdaughter, Shirley Newman of Pueblo, Colo.; one granddaughter whom she raised from infancy until 12; 12 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and three step-great-grandchildren. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and two stepbrothers. There will be no visitation. Her body has been cremated. The memorial funeral service for Mrs. Kimble will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Lunning Chapel, with the Rev. Erick Swanson officiating. Inurement will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. Memorials have been estalished for Trinity Lutheran Church and Multiple Sclerosis Society.