Jansen, Margaret

Other Events:

• Education - High School: 1958, Kaukauna, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
• Obituary: 15 Nov 2009; Appleton Post Crescent

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Education - High School:
Kaukauna High School Class of 1958

Obituary:
Marge McAndrews, Columbia, SC. A Funeral Mass for Marge McAndrews, 69, of Columbia will be celebrated on Monday, November 16, 2009, at 10 a.m. at Saint Joseph Catholic Church. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be at Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday evening at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.mem.com. The family has entrusted Greenlawn Funeral Home, 845 Leesburg Road, Columbia, SC 29209 with the arrangements.
Mrs. McAndrews, wife of Lt. Col. Tom McAndrews (Ret.), died on Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at Palmetto Health Richland. She was born in Kaukauna, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ray and Delia Jansen. She graduated from St. Mary's Elementary School and Kaukauna High School, Class of 1958. She married Tom McAndrews, a high school classmate on October 1, 1960.
Marge was the epitome of the Army wife, supporting her husband during his twenty-seven year career keeping the home fires burning and the family together. She attended Midlands Technical College and was employed at Richland School District One with stops at Lower Richland High School as a teacher's aide in the Social Studies Department, aide at Burnside Elementary, and the District Headquarters coordinating a computer driven elementary school math and reading program. She was an eighteen year volunteer at Palmetto Health Richland with over 1,000 hours of volunteer work. She was a key member of the Cardiac Support Group, Mended Hearts, Chapter 71 at the hospital. She held numerous offices in the leadership and enjoyed visiting heart patients and their families, pre-op and post-op. In addition, she was a charter member of the Ladies Military Order of the Purple Heart Unit.
Surviving are her husband of forty-nine years, Tom; and a daughter, Shawn with her husband Ken Lunsford, and the apples of her eyes, grandchildren Megan, 14, Kristen, 12, and Christopher, 8.
She was predeceased by her son, Chris, in 1985 at the age of 23.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Marge's favorite organization, Mended Hearts, Chapter 71, c/o Gerald Hanley, #7 Helena Circle, Columbia, SC 29209.
Special thanks are extended to Dr. Joe Branigan, all the nephrologists and the staff of Columbia Nephrology for thirty years plus of excellent care; Dr. C. Brent Shealy, Karen, Donna and Janice of the Lexington Dialysis Unit; the nurses and nurse techs of Seven-West at Palmetto Health Richland; and to her special care-giver, Simone Jeffery of Synergy Home Care.

Margaret married McAndrews, Ret. Lt. Col. Thomas [Group Sheet]

Shawn married Lunsford, Ken [Group Sheet]