Margaret E. Ernst, 92, of Sharon, and formerly of Battle Creek, Mich., died Jan 17, 2015, at the Ridgestone Assisted Living Center in Delavan.
Margaret was born Oct. 29, 1922, and raised in Greensboro, N.C., to James and Edith (Lawrence) Edmondson. Margaret was a supervisor at Blue Bell Factory prior to her marriage to Lt. Bill Ernst after World War II in 1946. Margaret was a devoted mother and homemaker. She was a member of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church where she was active in the Ladies Aide and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League. She was a member of the Lakeview Schools PTA and loved caring for her children and grand children. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting, cooking, listening to music, gardening and collecting angels.
Margaret is survived by daughters Katherine “Kathy” (Rev. Dale) Blanchard of Sharon; and Karen L. Heath of St. Joseph, Mich.; sons Ronald A. Ernst, of Battle Creek, Mich., Karl R. (Barbara) Ernst, of Siler City, N.C., and Robert K. Ernst, of Bellevue, Mich.; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild, a sister, Louise Turner, of Greensboro, N.C.; a brother, Dallas (Becky) Edmondson of Greensboro, N.C.; and several nieces and nephews.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Lt. Col. William S. Ernst, in 1998; a son, William K. Ernst, in 1989; a brother, James Edmondson, in 1980, and a sister, Rose Baucom, in 2014. The family will receive friends and family from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Paul Evangelical Church, 349 Capital Ave. NE, Battle Creek, Mich. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church. Interment will be at Fort Custer National Cemetery at 2 p.m. Memorials are preferred over flowers and may be given to the Rook Memorial Fund, American Legion or Salvation Army. Hebble Funeral Service in Battle Creek, Mich., and the Betzer Funeral Home in Delavan are serving the family.
