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Margaret I. Rennerfeldt, 92 years, of Oakland, passed away Monday, Feb. 5 at Oakland Heights. Margaret was born Feb. 6, 1925 in Cheyenne Wells, Colo. to Fred and Cora (Lyons) Hovendick.

The family moved to rural Herman when Margaret was a young girl and attended Alder Grove United Methodist Church south of Craig. Margaret graduated from Blair High School in 1942 and earned her teaching certificate from Wayne State College.

On registration day at Wayne State, Margaret met Jerry Rennerfeldt. They were married Easter Sunday, April 9, 1944 at the Hovendick family farm five miles west of Herman. Margaret taught country school in Washington County during WWII while Jerry worked at the Martin Bomber Plant in Bellevue. After the war they moved and made their home in Oakland. They were members of the Oakland First United Methodist Church.

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Jerry, two brothers and one sister.

Survivors include her three sons and daughters-in-law, Dale and Margie of Omaha, Evan and Kathy of Oakland, Noel and Margaret of Clarksville, Tenn.; sister and brother-in-law, Doris and Robert Anderson of Tekamah; nine grandchildren; twenty-one great grandchildren.

Memorial service will be held Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m. at the First United Methodist Church in Oakland. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church.

#2-Published in the Omaha World Herald February 11, 2018

Rennerfeldt, Margaret I. Feb 6, 1925 - Feb 5, 2018 92 years, of Oakland, NE. MEMORIAL SERVICE: Tuesday, February 13, at 10:30am, Oakland First United Methodist Church. The family will Receive friends one hour prior to Service at the Church. Burial at a later date in Pioneer Cemetery, rural Oakland. Memorials to: Oakland Heights. PELAN FUNERAL SERVICES Oakland, NE (402) 685-5673 www.pelanfuneralservices.com

Obituaries courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file at the Blair Public Library.