Margaret Lorraine Cummings Kolsrud

Margaret Lorraine Cummings Kolsrud, 89, of Waukon, IA, died Monday, November 13, 2017, at Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. Funeral services will be held Saturday, November 18th, at 11:00 AM at East Paint Creek Synod Lutheran Church, with Rev. Ronald Pederson officiating. Burial will be at East Paint Creek Synod Cemetery, both in rural Waterville, IA. Friends may call one hour before services at the church on Saturday. Martin Funeral Home in Waukon is handling arrangements.

Margaret Lorraine Knudtson Cummings Kolsrud was born on July 23, 1928, in rural Waterville, IA, the daughter of Herbert Carl and Luella Selma Mildred (Schmieden) Knudtson. She was baptized and confirmed at East Paint Creek Synod Lutheran Church where she remained a life-long member and graduated from Waterville High School. Lorraine married Harold Lloyd Cummings and they lived in Waterloo, IA, for two years; they had two children Harold and Renee. Following their divorce Lorraine moved back to Waterville where she raised her children and lived with her mother and sister. She worked for a car dealership in Waukon, IA, and then went to work for 3M Manufacturing in Prairie du Chien, WI, for nine years. Lorraine farmed for many years in Paint Creek Township in Allamakee County where she milked cows and raised livestock. When she was farming she married Floyd N. Kolsrud and they later divorced.

Lorraine devoted a lot of her time to caring for her son Harold who developed MS while he was in college. She enjoyed music, dancing, word puzzles, gardening, going to auctions, sales, and attending community events.

Survivors include Renee (Richard) Russell of Marquette, IA; three grandchildren: Richard Jr. (Amy) Russell of Madison, WI, Robert (Kimberly) Russell of Aberdeen, SD, and Ronald Russell of Minneapolis, MN; and five great-grandchildren: Brennan, Hadley, Ethan, Ellis, and Owen. She is preceded in death by her parents; and a son Harold who died in 1992; and a sister Harriet Knudtson.

Honorary casketbearers are Jerry Mathis, Sigurd Ness, Wayne Schmieden, Dr. David Schwartz, Bob Thompson, and Arlyn "Butch" Fossum. Casketbearers are Richard Jr., Robert, and Ronald Russell, Kent, and Kenneth McCormick, and Pat Reisinger.