Margaret R Klein passed away peacefully at Eventide on August 19, 2025, daughter Denise at her bedside. She is survived by 2 children: daughter, Denise Nissen (Erik) and estranged daughter Suzanne Klein; sister, Erma Wilson; grandson, Jonathan (Andrea) Klein and granddaughter, Kirsten (Robert) Zanetti; grandsons, granddaughters, and many nieces and nephews; and family friend, Maynard Thorseth.
She is preceded in death by husband, Gregory Klein; parents, Matthew and Thersia (Merna) Nowosel; stepmother, Lois; brothers, Ervin, Mathew, Leonard, and sisters, Elizabeth McGuinness, Gertrude Schneider and Thery Frey. Her son Gregory J. Klein passed July 11, 2025. She was born March 24, 1931, in Wilmette, Illinois. She also lived in Northbrook, Ill, Minocqua, Wisc, Conyers, Ga, and Hawley, MN.
Margie worked most of her life. She was an avid bowler and won a pin for bowling 200. In the early 40’s she played on a women’s baseball team. She won the Illinois women’s state senior ladies barebow archery championship back in the early 60’s. When she retired, she was a dedicated blood donor and was awarded many pins, as well as a hospital volunteer. She kept in contact with her grade school chum, Modesta (Mo) Carpenter.
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