Margarete Ann Vanden Noven of Waukesha died peacefully on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Seasons Hospice at the age of 78. She was born in Sturgeon Bay on Sept. 19, 1934, the daughter of Leo and Mary (nee Pfister) Antoine. Margarete was raised on a farm near Sturgeon Bay and attended Corpus Christi Grade School. She was a 1952 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School and a 1956 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in business administration. On Sept. 13, 1958, she married Rodney Vanden Noven and together they raised three children, and Margarete was active in their many activities. Margarete worked for Miller Brewing and later for Precision Screw Thread until her retirement. In her retirement, she loved to travel with her husband, especially to Florida. She was a longtime and faithful member of St. Mary Catholic Church, where she belonged to the Christian Mothers and the Catholic Study Club.
She will be sadly missed by her husband of 54 years, Rodney of Waukesha; their children, Mary (John) Dietz of Woodbury, Minn., Steven (Marnie) Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn., and Robert (Michelle) Vanden Noven of Shorewood; her two grandchildren, Steven and Sophia Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn.; and her step-grandson, Thomas Dietz of South Bend, Ind. She is further survived by her sister-inlaw, Carol "Sue" (Robert) Populorum of Wheaton, Ill., along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Vince Antoine, Mary Antoine, Rose Antoine, Irene Wilson and Leo Antoine, and her parents.
She will be sadly missed by her husband of 54 years, Rodney of Waukesha; their children, Mary (John) Dietz of Woodbury, Minn., Steven (Marnie) Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn., and Robert (Michelle) Vanden Noven of Shorewood; her two grandchildren, Steven and Sophia Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn.; and her step-grandson, Thomas Dietz of South Bend, Ind. She is further survived by her sister-inlaw, Carol "Sue" (Robert) Populorum of Wheaton, Ill., along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Vince Antoine, Mary Antoine, Rose Antoine, Irene Wilson and Leo Antoine, and her parents.
Margarete Ann Vanden Noven of Waukesha died peacefully on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 22, 2012, at Seasons Hospice at the age of 78. She was born in Sturgeon Bay on Sept. 19, 1934, the daughter of Leo and Mary (nee Pfister) Antoine. Margarete was raised on a farm near Sturgeon Bay and attended Corpus Christi Grade School. She was a 1952 graduate of Sturgeon Bay High School and a 1956 graduate of the University of Wisconsin with a bachelor's degree in business administration. On Sept. 13, 1958, she married Rodney Vanden Noven and together they raised three children, and Margarete was active in their many activities. Margarete worked for Miller Brewing and later for Precision Screw Thread until her retirement. In her retirement, she loved to travel with her husband, especially to Florida. She was a longtime and faithful member of St. Mary Catholic Church, where she belonged to the Christian Mothers and the Catholic Study Club.
She will be sadly missed by her husband of 54 years, Rodney of Waukesha; their children, Mary (John) Dietz of Woodbury, Minn., Steven (Marnie) Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn., and Robert (Michelle) Vanden Noven of Shorewood; her two grandchildren, Steven and Sophia Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn.; and her step-grandson, Thomas Dietz of South Bend, Ind. She is further survived by her sister-inlaw, Carol "Sue" (Robert) Populorum of Wheaton, Ill., along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Vince Antoine, Mary Antoine, Rose Antoine, Irene Wilson and Leo Antoine, and her parents.
She will be sadly missed by her husband of 54 years, Rodney of Waukesha; their children, Mary (John) Dietz of Woodbury, Minn., Steven (Marnie) Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn., and Robert (Michelle) Vanden Noven of Shorewood; her two grandchildren, Steven and Sophia Vanden Noven of Franklin, Tenn.; and her step-grandson, Thomas Dietz of South Bend, Ind. She is further survived by her sister-inlaw, Carol "Sue" (Robert) Populorum of Wheaton, Ill., along with many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her siblings, Vince Antoine, Mary Antoine, Rose Antoine, Irene Wilson and Leo Antoine, and her parents.
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