Margaret Marie Lydon–Parsons, 95, left this earth Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, to go to eternal life with her heavenly father. She was surrounded by her loving family at the time of her death.
She was born to Christian and Katherine (Flock) Baus on Nov. 2, 1915. In 1936, she married the love of her life, James Roland Lydon. She and Roland had a farm in Wilton and stockyards in the surrounding area. After Roland passed, she worked in Tomah at the Veterans Administration, from which she eventually retired.
She was married to Dr. E.V. Parsons from 1974 until his passing in 1993. Upon his death, she moved to Janesville to be with her only daughter, Eileen Pasch, and her grandchildren. She enjoyed baking and was known as “the cookie grandma.” She loved to have company so that she could offer sweets. As a devout Catholic and member of St. Patrick’s Church of Janesville, she looked forward to Sunday Mass each week.
She is survived by her only child, Eileen (Roger) Pasch of Janesville; three grandchildren, Michelle (Robert) Tracey, Kelly (Dennis) Kramer of Janesville and Roger (Lisa) Pasch of Eau Claire; and six great-grandchildren, Ross and Jillian Kramer (Craig Rensberry), Mary Cate (Sean Casey-Schmidt) and Margaret Tracey, and Olivia and Jackson Pasch. The light of her life is her great-great grandson, Kolton Patrick, also known as her “little man.” Margaret also had a very special lifelong friend, Mid Witt.
She was preceded in death by her mother and father; her three sisters, Leona Baus, Loretta Schmitz and Peg Brandau; two brothers, Norbert and Lambert Baus’and a very special niece, Diane Snyder.
A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11, at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Wilton. Burial will be in St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Kendall. Relatives and friends are invited to call from 9:30 a.m. until services Tuesday at the church.
The Smith-Nelson Funeral Home is assisting the family with the arrangements. Online condolences may be given at www.sonnenburgfamilyfh.com.
The family requests that memorials be given to the Chippewa Valley Autism Society in Altoona, Wis. (We Care CVAS).
The entire family would like to extend a very special thank you to the intensive care unit and second-floor nurses at Mercy Hospital in Janesville.
