Margaret Burgeson

Margaret A. Burgeson, age 90, of York, NE, died Saturday, January 9, 2010 at York. She was born December 17, 1919 at Holdrege, NE to Charles and Ella (Carlson) Berggren. She graduated from Wilcox High School in 1938. Margaret and Everett L. Burgeson were united in marriage on September 4, 1938 at Phillipsburg, KS. To this union three daughters, Coleene, DeLane, and Vicki, were born. Margaret devoted her life to taking care of her family. She was a member of the Berean Church and enjoyed painting, woodcarving and sewing. She loved spending time with her family and her pets. The spiritual well being of her family was very important and she was faithful in praying for them.

Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Coleene (Virgil) Gellermann of Columbus, NE, DeLane (Daryl) Nyberg and Vicki Burgeson of York; five grandchildren, Lynn Gellermann of Athens, OH, Chris (Diane) Gellermann of Edgewater, FL, Lori (Doug) Eisenhauer of Norfolk, NE, Jeff (Trisha) Nyberg of Olathe, KS, and Carla (Todd) Wilson of Lincoln, NE. Margaret is also survived by 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, one sister and one grandson.

Graveside services were held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, January 14, 2010 at the Wilcox Cemetery, Wilcox, NE followed by memorial services at the Wilcox Community Church at 2:00 p.m. There will be a memorial service on Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 10:00 a.m., at the York General Hearthstone in York. Memorials may be directed to the American Diabetes Association, York’s Adopt-A-Pet, The National Kidney Foundation, or the Right-to-Life Campaign.