Vinton: Marguerite Neve, age 96, died early Monday morning, April 10, 2006 at Virginia Gay Hospital following a sudden illness.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 A.M. , Thursday, April 13, 2006 at the Presbyterian Church in Vinton with Dr. Dennis Morey officiating. Interment will be held at Maplewood Cemetery in Vinton. Friends may call at Phillips Funeral Home Chapel from 4 to 8 PM on Wednesday. A Memorial Fund has been established.

Marguerite was born October 3, 1909 at Dallas, South Dakota to John E. and Ora ( Kearns ) Johnson. Her family later moved to Vinton and she graduated from Lincoln High School in 1928. After receiving Teacher Normal Training, she taught in country schools for a few years.

On June 3, 1931 she married Harold W. Neve at the Presbyterian Manse in Hudson , Iowa . The couple farmed in Taylor Township on the Neve Family Farm until moving to Vinton in 1958. They spent their winter months in Florida . Harold preceded her in death October 15, 2003 .

Marguerite was a long time member of the Presbyterian Church in Vinton and had served as a Deacon. She excelled in her home making skills especially cooking and sewing. Marguerite enjoyed membership in the Taylor Friendly Club, and served as a 4-H Leader and a Red Cross Volunteer.

She is survived by her children, Wayne (Rosie) Neve of Vinton, Glenna Wilt of Vinton, John (Jane) Neve of Tucson, AZ, and Cheryl (David) Duncklee of Waukon; twelve grandchildren; thirty-one great-grandchildren; and five great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents her husband, her daughter, Virginia Erickson; two grandsons, Denny Neve and Mike Duncklee; her son-in-law, Warren Wilt; two brothers, Vernon and Roy Johnson and one sister, Thelma Johnson.