Margaret Elizabeth Huck, 86 died on October 17, 2022 at Regional West Medical Center. Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 am on October 21st at Dugan Kramer Funeral Chapel. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service. Pastor Andy Griess will be officiating with burial at Fairview Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the Panhandle Humane Society. Fond memories and condolences may be left at www.dugankramer.com.
Margaret was born on September 17th, 1936, at Huntley WY to John and Mary (Beirle) Schnell. She received her education at Torrington and graduated from Torrington High School in 1955. She married William James Huck on March 13th, 1960, at Torrington WY. They made their home on a farm at Minatare, NE. She was a member of Zion Evangelical Church in Scottsbluff.
Survivors include daughter, Janna Ree and husband Andy Lindgren of Cheyenne WY and their daughter Adrianna and husband Adam Koke and their children, Coralee and Walker of Minatare, NE; son John William and wife JoDee of Scottsbluff, NE and their children Jontae and husband Justin Koke and their children Jaxton and Jozie of Bayard, NE, and son Joe Huck and his wife Sara of Kansas City, Mo. She is also survived by her sister Norma and husband Bob Busch of Mitchell, NE and brother Richard Schnell and wife Patty of Ocean Shores, WA, sister in laws Esther Huck of Cheyenne, WY and Karen Huck of Bend Oregon, and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and sister Betty Richardson, nephew Doug, and numerous sisters and brother in laws.
Margaret loved animals and always found great joy and peace with nature. She rescued numerous animals and birds. Once, when her children were young, she rescued a baby bird that she found. She put the bird in a shoebox, made it a warm nest and put it on top of the fridge so it would have extra warmth. It lived for a couple of days with her feeding the bird. Then one day, the box was not there anymore more. We asked her if the bird had died. She said that it had not died yet, but it was not going to make it through the day. She told us she took the baby bird with its box to the irrigation ditch and gently set it in the water. She told us it was not going to live long enough to learn to fly, but she wanted the baby bird to have the sensation of flying and by floating in the water and seeing the reed grass go by and the blue skies and sunshine. The baby bird got to “fly” before it died that day. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”- Maya Angelou. Fly high Mom and be with our dad, your beloved Bill.
A special thank you to RNs Kelsie and Mary on Second West at RWMC for making her journey easier. Your kindness and empathy showed to Margaret and her family will not be forgotten.