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Margaret Hohnbaum


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Posted Online: Dec. 06, 2012, 5:08 pm
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Margaret J. Hohnbaum, 85, of Davenport, died Oct, 4, 2012, at Genesis West, Davenport.
Services are noon Saturday at Trinity Lutheran, Davenport, with visitation 11 a.m. to services. Burial is at Davenport Memorial Park.
Margaret was born on Oct. 22, 1927, in Tipton, Iowa, to Theodore and Ortha Marquardt Hohnbaum.
Surviving are her nieces and nephews Ann (Jeff) Hanson, Davenport, Steve (Claudia) Hohnbaum, Witchita, Kan.; great-nieces and -nephews, Christy, Justin, Megan, Melisa and Jeffrey; and great-great-nieces and -nephews.














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