Margaret R. Holgaard, age 99 of Lemmon, passed away on Monday afternoon, August 30, 2010 at Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon.


The Rosary Service will be held at 10:30am followed by the Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00am, on Saturday, September 4, 2010 at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. Fr. Tony Grossenburg will officiate with burial in Greenhill Cemetery at Lemmon.


Serving as casketbearers are her grandsons, Kenneth, Dale, Kevin, Richard, and Christopher Holgard, and her great grandson, Chad Holgard. All friends and neighbors are considered Honorary Bearers.


A memorial has been established to Five Counties Nursing Home in Lemmon.


MARGARET ROSE SCHELL was born July 26, 1911 in Hauge, ND. She was the oldest of nine children to George and Elizabeth (Zahn) Schell. They moved to a farm near Meadow where Margaret attended Hayhill Country School. She did domestic work for a doctor in Flasher, ND for a short time and returned to the family farm where she helped care for her siblings.


Margaret was united in marriage to Christian Holgaard on August 16, 1933 in Bison, SD. They farmed on the Holgaard homestead in Cedar Butte Township fifteen miles north of Lemmon. Over the years, they expanded their farming operation and raise their family there. Four sons, Donald, George and twins, Richard and Robert where born to this union.


She always grew a large garden and did a lot of baking and canning. She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and charter member of the Spring Butte Homemakers Club. She was one of the last surviving WWI veterans widow. She loved driving the countryside, boating and fishing.


In 1968, the Holgaards retired and moved to Brownsville, TX where they lived until 1983 when they returned to Lemmon. They did some traveling and enjoyed playing cards, bowling, and shuffleboard.


On January 29, 1992, her husband passed away. Margaret continued to live in her home in Lemmon. She entered the HUD Apartments and later on an assisted living facility in Lemmon before entering Five Counties Nursing Home in April of 2000.


Surviving family members include her two sons and daughters-in-law, Donald and Esther Holgard, Glenham, SD; George and Mary Holgard, Lemmon, SD; five grandchildren, seven great grandchildren, two sisters, Johanna Rasmussen, Sturgis, SD; and Betty Willey, Haynes, KS.


She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, twin sons, Richard and in infancy, Robert, two brothers, Richard and Constant Schell, four sisters, Eva Rosen, Roslie Domagala, Theresa Foick, Anna Zent.


Visitation will be 1:00 to 9:00pm on Friday at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Lemmon and on Saturday prior to the service at St. Mary's Catholic Church.