Margaret (Trosen) Whitlatch
February 6, 1925 — July 11, 2017
Margaret Dora (Trosen) Whitlatch was born February 9, 1925, in Burlington, Iowa, the daughter of Rudolph and Klazina (Molenaar) Trosen. She departed this life Tuesday, July 11, 2017, at The Woodlands at Meth-Wick, Cedar Rapids. Visitation: 4 – 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Cedar Rapids. Funeral Service: 11 a.m. Thursday, July 20, 2017, at the First Church of the Nazarene, Cedar Rapids. Interment: 11 a.m. Friday, July 21, 2017 at Resthaven Cemetery, West Des Moines, Iowa.
Margaret graduated from Burlington High School in 1942, and enrolled that fall at Olivet Nazarene College (now University) in Kankakee, Illinois. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Saviour at an early age and became a charter member of First Church of the Nazarene at Burlington, Iowa. On the college campus she met and fell in love with Forrest Whitlatch, also an Iowan, and they were married June, 1, 1945, at her home church in Burlington. The Whitlatch’s served as Nazarene pastorates at Shenandoah, Creston, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Council Bluffs. They moved to Des Moines in 1970, when he was elected superintendent of the Iowa District Church of the Nazarene. For 17 years, Margaret served as president of the Iowa District Nazarene Missionary Society. Upon her husband’s retirement in 1990, the Whitlatch’s resided in Oskaloosa, then in Pella and later in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Margaret was noted for her faithful support of her husband’s ministry and was well known for her love for people, her kind hospitality, her generous spirit, and love for her husband, children and grandchildren.
Surviving are three grandchildren, Sara and Jon Whitlatch, and Darin (Alisha) Sturgill; two great-grandchildren, Madeline and Tristan; and two great-great-grandchildren, Kali and Luca.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of almost 70 years who passed away in 2014; son, Craig; and daughter, Shirley; an infant grandson; and daughter-in-law, Angie Lowry.
Death leaves heartache, no one can heal. Love leaves a memory, no one can steal.
Memorials may be directed to the First Church of the Nazarene, Cedar Rapids.
Margaret graduated from Burlington High School in 1942, and enrolled that fall at Olivet Nazarene College (now University) in Kankakee, Illinois. She accepted Jesus Christ as her Saviour at an early age and became a charter member of First Church of the Nazarene at Burlington, Iowa. On the college campus she met and fell in love with Forrest Whitlatch, also an Iowan, and they were married June, 1, 1945, at her home church in Burlington. The Whitlatch’s served as Nazarene pastorates at Shenandoah, Creston, Waterloo, Cedar Rapids, and Council Bluffs. They moved to Des Moines in 1970, when he was elected superintendent of the Iowa District Church of the Nazarene. For 17 years, Margaret served as president of the Iowa District Nazarene Missionary Society. Upon her husband’s retirement in 1990, the Whitlatch’s resided in Oskaloosa, then in Pella and later in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Margaret was noted for her faithful support of her husband’s ministry and was well known for her love for people, her kind hospitality, her generous spirit, and love for her husband, children and grandchildren.
Surviving are three grandchildren, Sara and Jon Whitlatch, and Darin (Alisha) Sturgill; two great-grandchildren, Madeline and Tristan; and two great-great-grandchildren, Kali and Luca.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of almost 70 years who passed away in 2014; son, Craig; and daughter, Shirley; an infant grandson; and daughter-in-law, Angie Lowry.
Death leaves heartache, no one can heal. Love leaves a memory, no one can steal.
Memorials may be directed to the First Church of the Nazarene, Cedar Rapids.
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