Margie E. Knirlberger

Margie Ellen (Boyd) Knirlberger, age 78, of Mt. Carroll was born September 7, 1942 in Burlington, IA, and died in her home on March 12, 2021. Her parents were Orville and Margauretta Anna (Wheeling) Boyd, of Stronghurst, IL. Margie’s mother died when she was five years old. Her father then remarried and her step-mother Vierra Esterle (Graham) Boyd, along with her older sisters, Roxanne and Betty, raised her.

Margie attended Stronghurst elementary and high school, and upon high school graduation, she enrolled at Cottage Hospital School of Nursing, in Galesburg, IL. She returned to Stronghurst and was hired by Dr. Harold Bock as his office nurse for a two-year period before moving to Mt. Carroll with her newly married husband, Edward L. Knirlberger.

Margie had a life-long nursing career in Mt. Carroll, as well as working at the Savanna Hospital in O.R. Most of her career was spent at the Mt. Carroll Good Samaritan Nursing Home as Staff Development Coordinator. She retired from nursing in 2003, after 32 years of service, to enjoy family vacations and her grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by her family.

Surviving is her husband, Edward L. Knirlberger following 54 years of marriage; eldest son, Scott Knirlberger, of New Braunfels, TX, and youngest son, Thad (Cheryl) Knirlberger, of Ottawa, IL; two granddaughters, Sierra (Isaac) Whitten and Emma (Jacob Sanchez) Knirlberger; and grandson, Nathaniel Knirlberger.

A memorial service in Margie’s honor will be held Thursday, March 18, 2021, at 3pm, at Law Jones Funeral Home, in Mt. Carroll, IL. Visitation will take place from 1pm to 3pm that day. Inurnment will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Mt. Carroll.