Margaret Elaine (Ladsten) Gulbranson Wead, age 80, of Harmony, passed away Sunday April 8, 2018 at Green Lea Manor in Mabel, Minn.
She was born on March 4, 1938, to Bennett and Lillian (Anderson) Ladsten.
She worked at Harmony Nursing Home and for Ben Miller in Winona, Minn. Prior to the nursing home she held many other manufacturing positions. She also sold Sarah Coventry Jewelry.
She was a member of Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony.
On August 13, 1955, she married Myron Gulbranson. The couple had four children: Michael (Nancy) of Spring Grove, Minn., David of Torrington, Wyo., Steven (Carolyn) of Houston, Minn., and Brenda (Richard) Kaiser of Fountain City, Wis. Myron preceded Margaret in death on July 30, 1961.
Margaret later married Charles Wead. The couple had two children, Julie (Donald) Barnes of Harmony, Minn. and Donovan Wead of Cresco, Iowa.
Margaret was also a grandmother to 11 grandchildren: Erik and Jakob Gulbranson, Tia Gulbranson, Tara Lantis, Nichole Brochardt, Hannah Klinski, Daniel Gulbranson, Joshua and Megan Gulbranson, Adam Barnes, Jessica Thompson, and 16 great-grandchildren.
Margaret loved sewing, cooking, shopping and music, but most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Margaret lost her sight in 2007, but continued to live on her own, and even without her sight still enjoyed cooking.
She moved to Green Lea Manor in 2014.
In addition to her parents and her husband Myron, she was preceded in death by her grandson Tyrell in May of 1984, her brother Lowell, and one infant brother.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 12 at 11 a.m. at Greenfield Lutheran in Harmony. Burial will be in Trinity Lutheran Church in Spring Grove, Minn. Pastor Michael Smith will officiate. Friends may call Thursday at the church from 9 a.m. until time of service.
Roble Funeral Home of Spring Grove is assisting the family with arrangements.
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