Margaret Louise King[1]
1929 - 2023 (93 years)
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Name Margaret Louise King Born 7 Dec 1929 Mountain Lake, Cottonwood County, Minnesota 
[2] Gender Female Died 11 Aug 2023 Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota [2] - Margaret McQuiston Obituary
Margaret Louise (King) McQuiston was born December 7, 1929, in Mountain Lake, MN, to proud parents, William and Bernice King. On August 11, 2023, she left this world the same way she lived her life: with dignity, honor, and grace.
Memorial Service will be held at 11 a.m., on Friday, September 22, 2023, at Grace Lutheran Church, Mankato, MN, with visitation one hour prior at the church as well. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Mankato MN. Mankato Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Margaret was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in St. James, MN. She was a graduate of St. James High School. On August 22, 1959, she married E.D. (AL) McQuiston and they spent their entire lives in Minnesota, living in Mankato and Rochester.
Margaret was a member of Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato, MN and of the Order of Eastern Star-Chapter 192. She was also active in Girl Scouts, PTA, and the Mankato Mantas (now USA) swim team program. Margaret's interests included travel, photography, genealogy, gardening, sewing, and she also loved to read.
Margaret worked as an accountant for Scherr-Tumico and Ziebarth Chevrolet in St. James and Tholen Ford in Marshall, MN. She also spent 25 years with the Mankato School District #77 as a clerical substitute. Al and Margaret owned ALMAR Tours and escorted many tourists across the United States.
Margaret's husband and parents preceded her in death; along with her sister, Phyllis Thompson; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Claude "Rusty" and Evelyn McQuiston; brother-in-law, Richard Evans; uncle, Wendell Wilson and grandson, Aaron Truman.
Surviving are her two daughters, Coreen Truman, Waupaca, WI, and Leslie Mcquiston, Hastings, MN; sister, Joanne Evans, Lake City, MN; brother-in-law, Harlan Thompson, St. James, MN; grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, Erica and Gunar Gossard (Eleanor and Maren), Eleanor and Dr. Peter Schmidt (Charles, Riley, and Lucy), and Meagan and Jacob Waller (Natalie and Oliver).
Memorials preferred in Margaret's name to the Humane Society, Hospice Care, and the American Heart Association.
Buried 22 Sep 2023 Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota [2] Person ID I31787 Family Last Modified 4 Sep 2023
Father William King Mother Bernice Family ID F16754 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elwood Dewayne McQuiston, b. 8 Dec 1929, Tomah, Monroe County, Wisconsin , d. 3 Feb 2013, Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota (Age 83 years) Married 22 Aug 1959 [3] Children 1. Coreen Beth McQuiston 2. Leslie Allison McQuiston Last Modified 23 Apr 2024 Family ID F10927 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Margaret McQuiston Obituary
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Died - 11 Aug 2023 - Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota 
Buried - 22 Sep 2023 - Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota = Link to Google Earth
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Margaret Louise McQuiston (1929 - 2023)
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Sources - [S3225] Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002, 13 March 2013; Coreen Beth McQuiston.
- [S2669] Legacy Website, online; 4 September 2023; Margaret Louise McQuiston obituary 2023.
- [S3224] Free Press, Elwood "Al" Dewayne McQuistion; obituary; 6 February 2013; 13 March 2013.
Elwood "Al" Dewayne McQuiston
The Mankato Free PressWed Feb 06, 2013, 07:47 PM CST
— Elwood "Al" Dewayne McQuiston passed away at the age of 83 on Sunday, February 3, 2013, at Autumn Grace in Mankato.
Memorial Service will be 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 11, 2013, at Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato. Visitation will be from 2-4:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 10, 2013, with a Masonic Service at 3:30 all at Mankato Mortuary. A private family interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Mankato. Mankato Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements.
Al was born on December 8, 1929, in Tomah, WI, to Claude (Rusty) R. and Evelyn Fenske McQuiston. He grew up in Tomah, Wisconsin, Monaca, Pennsylvania, Charleston, Indiana, and St. Paul/Minneapolis, Minnesota. Al was baptized in 1939 and confirmed in 1954. He served in the US Army, 1st Cavalry, Mechanized.
Al was united in marriage to Margaret King on August 22, 1959, and they lived the largest share of their married life in Rochester, Minnesota, and Mankato.
Al was employed by AAA Minnesota for 35 years, with most of those 35 years being the Division Manager of Southern Minnesota, retiring in 1995. After his retirement he was co-owner of ALMAR Tours.
He was Director of the March of Dimes, Watonwan County, St. James, Minnesota and was a 50 year member of Zurah Shrine, on the Advisory Council of the Order of DeMolay. He also was a 50 year member of Fraternity Lodge #101, Worthington, MN, a 50 year member of Living Arch Chapter #28, Worthington, MN, a 50 year member of Scottish Rite Consistory 32, Rochester, MN, and a member of Local 49 Operating Engineers.
Al is survived by his wife, Margaret; two daughters: Coreen Truman of Waupaca, WI, and Leslie McQuiston of Eagan, MN; granddaughters: Erica (Gunar) Gossard of Minneapolis, Eleanor (Dr. Peter) Schmidt of Miami, FL, and Meagan (Jacob) Waller of Waupaca, WI; grandson, Aaron Truman of Portland, OR; great-granddaughters: Nora and Maren Gossard, Elizabeth, Riley and Lucy Schmidt, Natalie Waller; great grandson, Oliver Waller; sister-in-law, Joanne Evans of Rochester, MN; brother-in-law, Harlan Thompson of St. James, MN; many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Wm. J. and Bernice King; and sister-in-law, Phyllis Thompson.
Memorials are preferred in lieu of flowers to the Humane Society, Cancer Society, Masonic Lodge, Masonic Cancer Center, Hospice, Grace Lutheran Church in Mankato or any organizer as the donor chooses.
- [S3225] Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002, 13 March 2013; Coreen Beth McQuiston.