Margaret M. Barton, 85, of Dubuque, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the Stonehill Nursing Home with family by her side.

The Mass of Christian Burial for Marge will be at 10:30 am on Thursday, May 9, 2024, at Church of the Resurrection with Father Dustin Vu as the Celebrant. Burial will be at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Key West.

Marge was born on August 8, 1938, in Dubuque, the daughter of John and Margaret (McGuire) Hoyne. She married Ron Barton on October 10, 1964, at Nativity Catholic Church. Marge always referred to Ron as “the love of her life.” They enjoyed almost 23 years together before his death on June 29, 1987.

Marge lived her long life according to three core values: faith, family, and friends. She was an active member of Resurrection Church for over 50 years. She was especially proud of serving as a Eucharistic minister to the homebound. Catholic education was always an important priority to her. She was thrilled that her kids graduated from Resurrection Catholic School and Wahlert High School. She herself was a graduate of The Academy of the Visitation and cherished her monthly lunches with her “Visitation girls.” After high school, she worked for ten years as a secretary at Dubuque Packing Co., where she met her husband.

Marge loved spending holidays with her family and attending her grandchildren’s musicals, concerts, sporting, and robotics events. She also had a sense for adventure and thoroughly enjoyed traveling with her daughters and her sister-in-law. Whether it was a cruise around Ireland and Scotland or visiting picturesque places from Maine to California, Marge was all in. She also had a fondness for Irish music, especially seeing Danny O’Donnell perform live.

Marge lived in the Maple Hills subdivision in Asbury for over 50 years. She valued her many friendships and wonderful neighbors over the years. Marge embodied a deep devotion to her faith, her family, and her friends.

Survivors include her two children, Elizabeth (Craig) Winjum of Indianola, IA; and Paul (Leanne) Barton of Atlanta, GA; and six grandchildren, Andrew, Sam, Abby, Matt, Nate, and Charlie.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ron; parents, John and Margaret, brother Billy: daughter Anne; sister-in-law and brother-in-law Darlene and Jim Sorensen.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Stonehill Communities and Church of the Resurrection.

The family would like to thank the staff at Stonehill Communities, from independent and assisted living to full care, for the wonderful care and compassion they showed Marge each and every day.

Hoffmann Schneider & Kitchen Funeral Home and Crematory is in care of the arrangements.

A photo tribute can be viewed and condolences sent to the family by visiting Marge’s obituary at www.hskfhcares.com.