January 29, 1926 – March 12, 2026
Margaret Sankey, 100, of Apple Valley, MN formerly of Algona, Iowa passed away at home on Thursday, March 12, 2026, lovingly surrounded by her family. She leaves behind many family and friends who will miss her dearly. A funeral service will take place at 2:00 PM on Thursday, March 19, 2026, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona, with burial to follow at Riverview Cemetery in Algona. Services will be livestreamed via Trinity Lutheran Church’s YouTube page. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at Trinity Lutheran Church. Services have been entrusted to Lentz Funeral Home of Algona. Online condolences may be left at http://www.lentzfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be directed to the family.
Margaret was born January 30, 1926, in Irvington, Iowa, to Raymond and Dorothy (Hennings) Sankey. She had eight siblings and attended Rural Kossuth County Country School through the eighth grade. Margaret married Ben Butterfield on August 30, 1942. They were blessed with 6 children. Margaret later married Alex Vega Gomez and they had and raised 5 more children.
Margaret was a member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Algona. She also participated in the Flower Club. She loved spending time with her family and going for coffee and lunch with her sisters around town. She enjoyed gardening, watching the birds on her deck, watching her favorite show Heartland, and reading. She loved spending time with her many pets over the years and loved spending many moments sharing her meals at the end with her grand pups, Finn and Harvey. She also loved her kitty “baby” Ash. She was blessed to get the spend the last few years of her life living in MN where she loved sitting out on the deck, planting flowers and playing cards. She was taken care of at the end in Minnesota by her daughters, Rosie and Janice, her son-in-law, Scott, her great-granddaughter who she adored, Kristin and a wonderful Hospice team that we will be forever grateful to for giving our mother such loving care until the end.
Margaret loved the lord Jesus Christ. She was a loving mother, wife, sister, grandma, great-grandma, and great-great grandma. She will be missed by all who knew and loved her.
Margaret was preceded in death by her husbands, Ben Butterfield and Alex Gomez; her daughter Dorothy Butterfield and Janie Abundis; her grandchildren Tracy Butterfield, Michael Butterfield, Joanne LaMothe and Michelle Nuwash; great grandchild Omar Sanchez; parents Raymond and Dorothy Sankey; siblings Ted Hennings, Ella (Rudy) Elbert, Dorothy Sankey, Robert (Betty) Sankey, Nellie (Elmer) Hauenstein, Raymond (Arlis) Sankey, Pauline (Herman) Bleich, Delbert Sankey and Hazel (Louis) Bleich.
Left to cherish her memory are her children Janice Nuwash of Blaine, MN; Albert (Isabel) Butterfield of Farmington, NM; Roy (Jackie) Butterfield of Kirtland, NM; Leola (Alex) Martinez of Amarillo, TX; Sheri Butterfield LaMothe of Hesperia, CA; Rosie (Scott) Boerboom of Apple Valley, MN; Maria (Roger) Boyenga of Humble, TX; Alex (Keren) Vega of Atlanta, GA; several nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, and friends.
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