Preceded in death by mother and father, Hans and Jennie (Stirler) Bloem, loving husband Donald, and brother and sister-in-law Ray and Mary Bloem. Survived by son Jeffrey (Deborah), son Bradley (Ann Marie), and Don's children son Robert (Sandy) and daughter Debra (Tom) Hollman. Grandchildren, Alexa, Brady, Blake, Kenyon, Nathan, Rob, Aaron, and Travis. Brother Marlin (Nina) Bloem, Tempe, AZ, sisters Hermine (Louis) Harkin, Greene, IA, Shirley Hahn, Plainfield, IA, Karen (Gary) Klenzmann, Tripoli, IA. She had many nieces and nephews.
Born May 28, 1933 at home on the family farm in Fredericka Iowa. She taught elementary school in Iowa before marrying Donald Zimmerman on June 9, 1962. She then taught at West Park elementary in Columbus, NE. She was a second and third grade teacher for 33 years. After she retired, she continued to tutor many students. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Northern Iowa (then Iowa State Teachers College).She loved to travel visiting Europe and China with her dear friend Lyla Girth.Marguerite loved her grandkids, cats, gardening, reading, and crafting. She loved nature. She had an appreciate for icky creatures of all kinds like spiders, bats and snakes, but she also loved the beautiful creatures, the birds and the butterflies.
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