Margaret Mary Thielke, 62, of rural Viroqua died Tuesday morning, 7/31, in Gundersen’s La Crosse Hospice Care.  Born on Sept. 19, 1955 in Milwaukee to Donald and Rosemary (McNulty) Thielke, Margaret worked in Milwaukee for several years. After receiving a degree from the U of Wisc. at MIlwaukee, Margaret moved to Chicago and married Howard Duckman on December 22, 1997.  They retired from the USEPA and moved to a Franklin township farm on 3/31/2001.  She was happy raising chickens, ducks, cattle and geese.  She also concentrated on her flower, herb, shade and vegetable gardens.

Margaret is preceded in death by her parents; Donald and Rosemary, her brothers, Mark and Jerry. She is survived by her cousins, Amy Dvorak and Robert Schmidt in Florida; sisters-in-law, Donna Duckman in Costa Rica and Gail (Duckman) Wenzel of Illinois; and her loving husband, Howard Duckman.