MARGARET LINDA BONOGOFSKY EMCH

SEPTEMBER 20, 1931-OCTOBER 30, 2023

Memorial Services for Margaret will be held on June 7th, 2024 at 11:00 a.m. at the Krebsbach and Kulseth Funeral Home Chapel in Bowman.  Fellowship will follow in the Chad and Amanda Njos Barn.  Burial will be held on June 8th in Leith, ND, at 1:00 p.m.

Margaret Linda Bonogofsky Emch, 92, of Belfield, ND passed away on October 30, 2023.  Margaret was the eighth child of twelve children born to Mathias and Katharina Kraft Bonogofsky.  She was preceded in death by her parents, her eleven siblings and her daughter, Amy Beth.

Margaret was born in Brisbane, ND and graduated from Carson High School in Carson, ND.  She married Franklin N. Emch on March 2, 1951 in Carson, ND.  To this union seven children were born;

Katherine Jean (Gary) Doering, Perry James (Nancy) Emch, Michael David (Sherri) Emch, Susan Marie (Gary) Thielen, Marriann (Wally) Mross, Amy Beth (Ryan) Morris, Connie Kay (Don) Fulton.

She was also blessed with sixteen grandchildren and twenty-seven great grandchildren.

Friends and family called Margaret Pudgie.  Her grandchildren called her Grandma P and her great children called her GGP.  She was very athletic; she carried a 175 average in her bowling league, was an excellent dancer, she loved playing cards, gambling, caring for her grandchildren, puzzling, quilting and crocheting. While raising her children, she would bake bread and kuchen, made homemade noodles, and canned fruits, vegetables, and meat. In addition to her maternal household duties, she also held a part-time job selling Fuller Brush.  Her favorite chore was laundry and ironing.  She would stay up late at night listening to the radio, smoking her Camel cigarettes, and drinking coffee while ironing nine people's clothing,  She was a bundle of energy, a hard worker, and an amazing mother and caregiver.

She had strong hands and loved to practice reflexology by giving foot rubs. This attention and energy was also shared with her siblings, nephews, nieces, and extended family.  Pudgie made an impact on so many people's lives and will be missed by all those that she touched.