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Roseau - Margaret Marie Pearson died at Life Care Roseau Manor on July 5, 2016, eight days shy of her 91st birthday.

Margaret was the second to the oldest of eleven children born to Rosalyn (Zorn) and Arthur Clasen on July 13, 1925, in Beaver Township. In 1936, her parents bought and cleared 160 acres in Falun where Margaret lived until she got married. She cherished her childhood which gave her deep roots and a rock-solid foundation for life.

Margaret graduated from Roseau High School in 1942, the year when gas was 20 cents a gallon and a new Ford cost $815. At the age of 19, she comple...