Margaret Emma Merck ^{1 2 3 4 5}

  Baptism Notes:

Saint John's Lutheran Church, Victor, IA.
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  Burial Notes:

FUNERAL SERVICES, 1:30 PM Friday, May 20, 1988, Saint James Lutheran Church, Victor, Iowa
OFFICIANT, Rev. Michael H. Holm, Saint James Lutheran Church, Victor, Iowa
ORGANIST, Marna Mohr
CONGREGATION SINGING, Hymn #436 "The Lord's My Shepherd, I'll Not Want", Hymn #200 "I Know That My Redeemer Lives", Hymn #451 "Stand Up-Stand Up For Jesus"
PALLBEARERS, David Dolmage, Harold Mattfeld, Lawrence Merck, Marvin Merck, William Niebuhur, Harold Schmidt, Merlin Schmidt
INTERMENT, Victor Memorial Cemetery, Victor, Iowa
The family will receive friends at Saint James Lutheran church following the cemetery services.
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  Noted events in her life were:

• Her obituary was published in May 1988 in Victor, IA. IN MEMORY OF MARGARET E. LYMAN

The daughter of George and Marie Roth Merck, Margaret was born June 19, 1905 in Lincoln Township, Iowa County, Iowa. She was baptized July 16, 1905 at Saint John's Lutheran church south of Victor, and was confirmed May 23, 1920 at Saint James Lutheran Church in Victor. She received her early education at Saint John's, and graduated from Victor High School in 1925. Margaret was married on June 19, 1928 to Cloyd Lyman at her family home in Victor. The couple continued to live in Victor, and she was a member of Saint James Lutheran church, the women's society of the church, and had served for 65 years as church organist. For many years she taught in the Sunday School of the church. Margaret is survived by a daughter and her husband, Glorine and Robert Berry of Iowa City; two granddaughters and their husbands, Kathy and Lane Warden of Victor, and Christy and Michael Stevens of Iowa City; two great grandchildren, Michael and Lori Warden of Victor; and many nieces and nephews. Margaret died at the home of her daughter near Iowa City Wednesday morning, May 18, 1988. She was preceded in death by an infant son, Donald Wayne Lyman; her husband, Cloyd, on April 6, 1974; her mother in 1940, her father in 1941; and three brothers and three sisters: Will, Ernest and Arnold Merck; Laura Mattfeld, Lenora Meinke, and Alma Schmidt.

McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home.
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• She was buried on 20 May 1988 in the Victor Memorial in Victor, IA.

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• Her obituary was published in the Brooklyn Chronicle on 25 May 1988 in Brooklyn, IA.

Margaret E. Lyman, 82, of Victor, died Wednesday, May 18, 1988, at her daughter's home, rural Iowa City, where she had been staying.

She was the daughter of George and Marie Roth Merck, and was born on June 19, 1905, at Lincoln Township, Iowa County. She attended school at St. John's School South of Victor and was a 1925 graduate of Victor High School. On June 19, 1928, she was married to Cloyd Lyman in Victor at her family home. She had lived in Victor since 1920. One of her hobbies had been quilting.

She had been a member of St. James Lutheran Church and the Church Ladies Aid. She was the Church Organist for 65 years and had taught Sunday School for many years.

She is survived by one daughter: Mrs. Robert (Glorine) Berry of Iowa City; two granddaughters: Mrs. Lane (Kathy) Warden of Victor and Mrs. Michael (Christy) Stevens of Iowa City, two great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, one infant son, three brothers and three sisters.

Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m., Friday, at the St. James Lutheran Church in Victor with the Rev. Michael H. Holm officiating. Organist was Marna Mohr of Ladora. The Pall Bearers were David Dolmage of Victor, Harold Mattfeld of Austin, Minn., Lawrence Merck of Victor, Marvin Merck and William Niebuhr of Cedar Rapids and Harold Schmidt and Merlin Schmidt of Victor.

Burial was in the Victor Memorial Cemetery, Victor. A memorial fund has been established at St. James Lutheran Church or Hospice of Iowa City.

The McAninch-Fremming Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

(Source: Brooklyn (IA) Chronicle; May 25, 1988)
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Margaret married Cloyd George Lyman, son of George Lyman Jr and Maude Mae Keysor, on 19 June 1928 in Victor, IA.^{1 2} (Cloyd George Lyman was born on 6 April 1903 in Hartwick, IA,^{1 7 8 9 10 11} died on 6 April 1974 in Grinnell, IA ^{1 10 11} and was buried on 9 April 1974 in Victor, IA ^{1 11}.)

  Marriage Notes:

MERCK-LYMAN 1928

Miss Margaret Merck, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Merch of Victor, and Cloyd Lyman, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Lyman of Carnforth, were married at 5 PM, Tuesday June 19, at the home of the bride's parents. The house was tastefully decorated in pink and white, and the ceremony took place under a canopy of pink and white, with large white bells. Preceding the nuptials, Miss Lydia Bartz sang "The Lord Is My Shepherd," after which Miss Esther Bartz played the "Bridal Wreath" wedding march. The young couple then entered the parlor, preceded by little Miss Laura Meinke, bearing the rings in a lily, and Verna Belle Merck as flower girl, strewing rose petals in the pathway of the bride and groom. Rev. Wm. Bartz, past or of Saint James Lutheran church, spoke the words that made them man and wife, using the double-ring ceremony. Miss Lydia Bartz then sang "How Sweet Is Love," after which congratulations and best wishes were extended the happy couple.

The bride was gowned in a very pretty dress of white georgette, trimmed with wide Oriental lace, and carried a bouquet of white roses. The little flower girl and ring bearer were each dressed in pink. A two-course wedding dinner was served at 6 o'clock to the guests, numbering about 50 relatives and a few close friends. The table decorations were in pink and white. The bride is a very popular and charming young woman, a graduate of the class of 1925 of the Victor high school, and a faithful worker in Saint James church.

The groom is an industrious young man of exemplary habits and is well liked by all. He has been engaged in farming and also in road work in Poweshiek county. The best wishes of many friends go with this young couple for their happiness in life. For the present they are making their home with the bride's parents.
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