Obituary of Margaret Evelyn Rock
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West Liberty, Iowa
Margaret Evelyn Rock passed away Tuesday July 21, 2020 surrounded by her family at home.
A Memorial service will be held 11 A.M. Friday, July 24, 2020 in the Floral Building at the Muscatine County Fair Grounds. Visitation will be 4 to 8 P.M. Thursday at the Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Liberty. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Muscatine County Humane Society. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.
Margaret was born February 3, 1936 in Tucson, Arizona to Richard and Gladys (Archer) Bergmann.
She graduated from Tucson High School. She was united in marriage to Clarence Rock on May 30, 1954 in Tucson, Arizona.
She worked with the West Liberty Community School District as a janitor for 27 years, retiring in 1998.
She was very proud of her family and enjoyed spending time with them, her friends and pets. Her passion was rescuing animals. She loved all animals (ask Dr. Leon Larson DVM).
Survivors include five sons, Jon (Allen) Rock of Cathedral City, California, Joel (Shirley) Rock of Moscow, Iowa, Jeff (Sonja) Rock of Moscow, Iowa, James (Heidi) Rock of New Boston, Illinois, Jerrold (Stacy) Rock of West Liberty, Iowa. Three daughters, Barbara (Mike) Purdy of West Liberty, Iowa, Sandra (Steve) Alt of West Liberty, Iowa, Diana (Bruce) Cox of Atalissa, Iowa. Also surviving are 17 grandchildren, 30 Great grand children, sister, Madge (Glen) Hill of Gillette, Wyoming. Special Friends, Marilyn Barrett of Sioux City, Iowa and Sandy Job of Nichols, Iowa. She also had 2 nephews she thought a lot of Robert (Debbie) Bergmann of Vidor, Texas and Tim (Holly) Rock of Eagle Lake, Minnesota. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband and special friends Shirley Hunter and Cheryl Brenneman.