Margaret Elaine Fairchild, age 69, formerly of Lake View, passed away Sunday August 21, 2016 in Waycross, GA after a struggle with stomach cancer.

   She was born February 19, 1947, in Willmar, MN to Vernal and Audrey Hanson. She graduated from Lake View-Auburn High School in 1965 and was a graduate of Augustana University. In 1969, Margaret married John Fairchild of Ida Grove, IA. The couple had two sons. In 1983, after her first and successful battle with cancer, the family relocated to Denison, IA where Margaret worked for many years at the Denison Job Corps Center, retiring in 2010. She spent retirement up to her final illness in Tequisquiapan, Mexico where she taught English and made friends from all over the world.

   Margaret dedicated her professional life to social development and her personal life to genealogy, arts and crafts, travel, her family, and her friends. She will be remembered for her joy of life; her dedication to those she loved and, most of all, her strength.

   She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and her brother, Steve Hanson. She is survived by her sons: J. Spencer Fairchild, and Daniel (Teresa) Fairchild; her grandson, Wesley Fairchild; her siblings: Mark (Thalya) Hanson, Earl (Janet) Hanson, Bryan (Dawn) Hanson, and Nina (Joel) DeKock; and her stepmother, Darlene Hanson.

   Memorial services will be held Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 1:00pm at Farber and Otteman Funeral Home in Lake View, IA.

   Margaret’s family and friends would like to thank her doctors, nurses and Ms. Jo Williams at Ms. Jo’s Personal Care Home in Waycross, GA for making Margaret’s final days as comfortable as possible.

   In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.