MARGARET ELIZABETH PETRUCKA

Margaret Elizabeth Petrucka, age 99 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, IA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 22, 2025, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cherokee, IA. Father Dan Rupp will officiate. Burial will take place at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Cherokee, IA. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the Church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made in Margaret's name to be used for future organizations that were important to her. The Greenwood-Schubert Funeral Home in Cherokee, IA, is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.greenwoodfuneral.com.

Margaret Elizabeth Mead Petrucka, age 99 of Cherokee, IA, passed away Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at Cherokee Regional Medical Center in Cherokee, IA.

Margaret was born January 3, 1926 in Laurel, Nebraska, the 4th of 5 children of John P Mead and Caroline Amelia Thum Mead.

Around the time Margaret was 5 years old, the family moved to Sioux City, IA when John Mead took a position as a caretaker of the St. Boniface campus. Margaret attended school at St. Boniface, West Junior High School and Central High School. Upon graduation from Central High School in June 1943, Margaret took a civil service test and obtained employment as a Clerk at the Sioux City Air Base. After WWII ended, she then worked at the Woodbury County Recorder's office for several years and for the Stillwell Law Firm.

On February 16, 1952 Margaret was united in marriage to Robert "Bob" J. Petrucka. After several moves due to Robert's career, the family settled in Cherokee, Iowa in 1963. Margaret later began selling Avon for several years before starting a career as a Bookkeeper at Alco from the time the store opened until it closed in 1997.

After retirement, Margaret was a teacher's aid for religious education at Immaculate Conception Church. Margaret was active in the choir, bells and helped set the holiday flowers at the church.

Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, all four siblings, and a special friend, Wayne Stellish.

She will lovingly be remembered by two daughters, Carol Petrucka of Cedar Rapids and Julie (Marc) Mortenson of Cherokee; a son, John (Shelly) Petrucka of Durango, Colorado; grandchildren Cody (Sam) Mortenson, Chyenne Mortenson, Paige (Sean) Buczek and Eric Petrucka; greatgrandchildren Brayden Schoenfeld, Paisley Mortenson, Ryder Mortenson, Charlotte Buczek and Hayden Buczek.