Margaret Lenore (Fjerkenstad) Lukken

Margaret Lukken, of Montevideo, died on Friday, December 27, 1996 at her home in Montevideo, at the age of 86.

Funeral services will be conducted on Monday, December 30, 1996 at 1:30 PM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd with Rev. Glenda Wilson officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Visitation will be Sunday afternoon and evening with a prayer service at 5:00 PM at the Anderson Funeral Home in Montevideo and for one hour prior to services on Monday.

Margaret Lenore (Fjerkenstad) Lukken was born on May 24, 1910 in Ten Mile Lake Township of Lac Qui Parle County, Minnesota the daughter of John and Olga (Grefsrud) Fjerkenstad.  She was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, MN and attended rural schools  in District #55.  She was united in marriage to Alben Lukken in 1939 in Boyd, MN.  They farmed in Ten Mile Lake Township until retiring and moving into Montevideo in 1972.  She was a life-long member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, and was active in it's women's groups.  She loved to travel with her husband, enjoyed flowers and gardening and was an excellent cook.

Margaret is survived by three brothers: Joseph Fjerkenstad, Ernest Fjerkenstad and his wife Joyce, and Melburne Fjerkenstadand his wife Arlene - all of Boyd, MN; three sisters: Ruby Wiegers and her husband Arnold of Dawson, MN, Ruth Hanson of Boyd, MN and Arlene Hegna and her husband Virgil of Montevideo, MN; as well as by numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alben in 1979; and two brothers: Palmer Fjerkenstad and Julian Fjerkenstad.