Margie Grace Eastburn, 87, Shawano, passed away peacefully on Oct. 5, 2014.
Margie was born April 14, 1927, at the family farm in Bartelme Township, Shawano County, the daughter of Herman and Ella (Giessel) Maas. She graduated from Bowler High School in 1945 and moved to Redding and then Blythe, California. On May 26, 1970, she married Russell Eastburn in Palm Desert, California, and then resided in Salinas, California, until returning to the Wisconsin family farm in 1983 to care for her elderly mother.
Margie is survived by her husband, Russell; three stepchildren, Brand Eastburn, Wyoming, Marette Nagel, California, and her sons Christopher and James, and Nancy Eastburn, Nevada, and her son Cole; and her sister, June Drake, Shawano.
She will be fondly remembered and greatly missed by numerous loving nieces and nephews from coast to coast.
She was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Lester, Kennon and Merlin Maas; her sister, Myrtle Maas; and a nephew, Wynn Maas.
At Margie’s request, no services will be held.
A special thanks to the staff at Birch Hill and Hospice for their compassionate care.