Margaret E. Arahood, 97, of 618 E. Fourth St., Minonk, died at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday (July 9, 2003) at her residence.

Service: 11 a.m., Saturday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Minonk, the Rev. Craig Swenson officiating.

Burial: Minonk Township Cemetery.

Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. today at Calvert and Froelich Memorial Home, Minonk, and for one hour before the service Saturday at the church.

Survivors: three sons, Donald (Bev) Arahood, Franklin, Va.; Dale (Ardis) Arahood, Wheaton; and Paul (Anna Mae) Arahood, Peoria; two daughters, Alice Linn, Rutland; and Mary Gronau, Minonk; 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren, a great-great-granddaughter; and one brother, Wilhelm Osterman, Minonk.