Margaret Elaine Wead

March 4, 1938 - April 8, 2018

Margaret Elaine (Ladsten) Gulbranson Wead, age 80 of Harmony passed away Sunday April 8, 2018 at Green Lea Manor in Mabel, Mn She was born on March 4, 1938 to Bennett and Lillian (Anderson) Ladsten. She worked at Harmony Nursing Home and for Ben Miller in Winona, Mn. Prior to the nursing home she held many other manufacturing positions, she also sold Sarah Coventry Jewelry. She was a member of Greenfield Lutheran Church in Harmony. On August 13, 1955 she married Myron Gulbranson. The couple had four children Michael (Nancy) of Spring Grove, Mn, David of Torrington, Wy, Steven (Carolyn) of Houston, MN, and Brenda (Richard) Kaiser of Fountain City, Wi. Myron preceded Margaret in death on July 30, 1961. Margaret later married Charles Wead. The couple had two children, Julie (Donald) Barnes of Harmony, Mn and Donovan Wead of Cresco, Ia. Margaret was also a grandmother to eleven grandchildren; Erik and Jakob Gulbranson, Tia Gulbranson, Tara Lantis, Nichole Brochardt, Hannah Klinski, Daniel Gulbranson , Joshua and Megan Gulbranson, Adam Barnes, Jessica Thompson, and sixteen great-grandchildren. Margaret loved sewing, cooking, shopping and music, but most of all she loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Margaret lost her sight in 2007, but continued to live on her own, and even without her sight still enjoyed cooking. She moved to Green Lea Manor in 2014. In addition to her parents, and her husband Myron, she was preceded in death by her grandson Tyrell in May of 1984 her brother Lowell and one infant brother.