Margaret I. Fischels

BANTZ, BEHM, FISCHELS, GRIEGER, MARTER, MCCLUSKEY, PREBLE, SACHTSCHALE, SCHAFF, SUMMERS

Posted By: Cindy (email)
Date: 1/11/2023 at 21:16:52

Margaret I. Fischels, 90, of Independence, IA, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023, at the Buchanan County Health Center in Independence, IA.

Margaret was born on October 28, 1932, in Hazelton, IA, the daughter of Henry and Maudie (Grieger) Sachtschale. She was raised on her family farm in rural Hazelton and went on to graduate from Hazleton High School in 1949. Soon after graduating, Margaret moved to Independence, IA, and started working as a sales clerk at Woodwards Dept Store in Independence until 1951 at which time she became a telephone operator until her marriage.

On April 8, 1953, she married Jerome J. Fischels at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hazelton, IA. They made their home together on the family farm just south of Independence. She returned to work as a telephone operator in 1954 while her husband was in the army. In 1963 they moved their family to a farm in Homer Township where they farmed and also had dairy cows. Over the years she and her husband not only raised dairy cows but also seven wonderful children. She loved taking care of her family and farm. She was willing to do everything from cooking every meal, sewing, mowing the lawn, gardening, canning, cutting hair, chauffeuring kids around, along with all of the other normal chores done by a housewife and mother. She also helped her husband with the care of the livestock on the farm and with the planting and harvesting of the crops.

She made many great memories over the year with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. She loved spending time with the family during the holidays and other family gatherings.

She is survived by her seven children: Margaret “Peggy” (Larry) Schaff, Des Moines, IA, Charlene (John) McCluskey, Joan (Kevin) Bantz, John (Barbara) Fischels, Douglas (Wendy) Fischels, all of Independence, IA, Mark (Julie) Fischels, Clear Lake, IA, Charles Fischels, San Antonio, TX; nineteen grandchildren, twenty-five great-grandchildren, two sisters, Gertrude Fischels, Independence, IA, and Evelyn Marter, Oelwein, IA, and many nieces and nephews.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Jerome J. Fischels on August 19, 2003; her parents, Henry and Maudie Sachtschale; four sisters: Isabelle Preble, Marie Summers, Alice Behm, Emma Sachtschale (in childhood); and a brother, Henry Sachtschale, Jr.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Independence, IA. Burial will be held at St. John’s Catholic Cemetery in Independence. Visitation will be held from 4 PM until 8 PM on Wednesday, January 11th at the Reiff Family Center – Funeral Home & Crematory in Independence, IA, and a Parish Vigil Service will be held at 8 PM.
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