Margarite Minnick

Margarite Genevieve (Jarvis) Minnick, 97, of Creston, Iowa passed away peacefully on October 23, 2021 at Crest Haven Care Centre in Creston.
Margarite was born in Union County, Iowa on April 27, 1924. She lived most of her younger life in Union County on a farm near Kent with her parents Glen and Darlene Mickey and her sister Marilyn. Margarite attended country school in Platte Township through the 8th grade, then to Kent High School for 2 years and graduated from Creston High School in 1941.
Margarite married George Minnick in Grant City, Missouri on September 24, 1943. Two children were born to bless this union, Douglas W. and Lana Jean. Margarite was a farm wife and homemaker. George and Margarite moved to a farm near Tingley and Mt. Ayr in 1967 where they resided until 1998, when Margarite moved back to Creston. She enjoyed her family and friends, loved to play cards, dance, crochet and babysitting her grandchildren.
Preceding Margarite in death was her husband in 1997; and her sister, Marilyn Wehner.
Survivors include her son, Doug Minnick of Creston; her daughter, Lana (Mike) Hufnagel of Manhattan, Kansas; grandchildren: Matt Minnick of Adair, Iowa, Megan (Josh) Stevens of West Des Moines, Iowa, Shannon Hufnagel of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Shad (Lindsay) Hufnagel of Manhattan, Kansa; great-grandchildren are Trevor Minnick of Boone, Iowa and Adri and Alle Hufnagel of Manhattan, Kansas; brother-in-law, Ralph Wehner of Elgin, IL