Margaret Mary Popp

Visitation and Prayers

Sunday, February 17, 2008,

After 3:00 PM

Rosary at 7:00 PM

Ohde Funeral Home

Manning, Iowa

Monday, February 18, 2008,

10:30 AM

Holy Spirit Church

Carroll, Iowa

Reverend Siby Punnoose

 On Eagles Wings?      

Amazing Grace?Ave Maria?      

John Wagner, Vocalist

You Are Mine?   

Holy Spirit Choir  

Barb McDermott, Organist

Ron Popp     Mark Popp     Rich Vogl

Randy Berg     Todd Singsank

Mike Berg     Randy Vogl

Sacred Heart CemeteryManning, Iowa

     Margaret Mary, daughter of John and Johanna Jennie? (Muhlbauer) Singsank, was born May 14, 1930, near Templeton, Iowa. After Margaret completed her education in country school near her home, she worked out in the homes of other family members.

   On November 18, 1947, Margaret was united in marriage with Russell Raymond Popp in Manning. Four children were born to this union. The family made their home in Manning before they took up farming and farmed near Manning, Vail and Dow City. Margaret and Russell lived in Ute for 25 years before fully retiring in the late 1990s, and moving to Auburn.

   Margarets Christian faith was very important to her and she was most recently a member of St. Marys Church when living in Auburn. After moving to St. Anthony Nursing Home in Carroll in March of 2004, she attended mass regularly at the nursing home. Throughout her life Margaret was an avid reader and she also enjoyed embroidery and ceramic painting.

   During the time of her hospitalization and move to the nursing home, Margarets husbands health was also failing. Russell died on March 24, 2004. Amazingly, Margaret rebounded from her severe health problems and lived in St. Anthony Nursing Home until her death on Wednesday, February 13, 2008, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 30 days.

   Besides her parents and husband, Margaret was preceded in death by son Russell S. Popp in 2006; brother Glenn Singsank and 2 brothers-in-law Donald Berg and Don Wilson.

   She is survived by her children: Cheryl and husband Robert Zobel of Sioux City; James Popp of Howard Center in Sac City; Lori Miller-Tovaas and husband Patrick Tovaas of Johnstown, CO; three grandchildren: Jennifer Zobel of Springfield, MO; Valori Zobel of Omaha, NE; and Andrew Miller of Yuma, AZ; brother Earl Singsank and wife Jean of Manning; sisters: Ardella Berg of Westside; Verna and husband Merlin Hass of Manning; Laurel and husband Earl Vogl of Carroll and Cleo and husband Gary Hansen of Overland Park, KS; sisters-in-law Connie Singsank of Manning and Phillis Popp Wilson of Hesperia, CA; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Memorials may be made to

Howard Center, PO Box 250, Sac City, IA 50583