Margaret Soma, age 90, passed away at home in Sun Prairie on Wednesday, March 13, 2019. She was born on June 12, 1928, in Monroe County to Louis and Lela (Seflow) Birkholz. She married Nenfred Soma on June 12, 1947 in Wisconsin Dells. Margaret worked at Wisconsin Porcelain and the Sun Prairie School System.
She is survived by a son Kenneth of Sun Prairie; daughter Judy (Emil) Lesch of New Market, TN; 2 grandchildren Nick Lesch and Ryan (Brandi) Lesch all of New Market, TN; 3 great-grandchildren Makayla, Vincent and Hunter; 2 sisters, Gertrude Lobenstein, and Bernice Faltersack; a sister-in-law Jessie Birkholz all of Sun Prairie and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband; 8 brothers, Henry, Martin, Edward, Alvin, Carl, Donald, Harvey, and Kenneth; and 3 sisters, Freida, Hilda, and Anne.
A Funeral Service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 18, 2019 at Our Saviors Lutheran Church, 550 Lincoln Drive in Sun Prairie. Pastor Tim Hansen will preside. Burial will be at Highland Memory Garden. A visitation will be held at 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at the church on Monday. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made Our Savior's Lutheran Church.
Tuschen-Newcomer Funeral & Cremation
Sun Prairie 608-837-5400
www.newcomerfh.com