Margaret Fay Goodno

Margaret "Fay" (Wipperling) Goodno, 86, died Thursday, September 18, 2014, in her home in Woodbury, MN.

Fay was born April 10, 1928, in New Rockford, ND, to Fred and Freda (Thaden) Wipperling. She lived on the family farm near Brantford, ND, until the death of her mother in 1932. She lived the next three years with the family of her uncle, Henry Thaden, on their farm in Nebraska. She returned to her father's farm when she was seven. She went to Columbia School before continuing her education at New Rockford High School where she graduated in 1946.

Fay married Paul Goodno on June 20, 1946, on the Wipperling farm near Brantford. They first farmed east of New Rockford in Tiffany Township. In 1948, Fay and Paul moved to Eagle Bend, MN, where they had a dairy farm. They moved to New Rockford in 1953, where they raised three of their four children and she worked at the Dairy Queen. In 1959, the family moved to Mayville, ND, where Fay helped Paul with his Fuller Brush business, moving on to Moorhead, MN, in 1962, just prior to the birth of their fourth child. In Moorhead, Fay worked at the Treetop "Barn" as a waitress, and later worked for First National Bank of Moorhead and its successors, where she held various positions, until her retirement in 1984. After "retirement," she assisted Paul with the family business, Moorhead Linoleum & Tile Co., and also worked for Kirby Company in Fargo.

Paul and Fay spent many hours at their lake place on Leaf Lake prior to his death on Easter Sunday in 1999. Fay loved spending time with her friends from Grace United Methodist Church in Moorhead, having lunch with the retired "Bank Ladies", volunteering with the Retired & Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and spending time with her family. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, baking, sewing, knitting, and crocheting

Fay moved to Woodbury in 2008, where she lived until her death.

She is survived by three of her children, Linda (Len) Nelson, Moorhead, Duaine (Barb) Goodno, North Potomac, MD, and Kevin (Linda) Goodno, Woodbury; sister-in-law, Bernice Wipperling, Bismarck, ND; 14 grandchildren, James (Kim) Grimley, Moorhead, Desera (Jake) Johnson, Crescent City, CA, Matthew (Karen Bjork) Nelson, Portland, OR, Bethany Chapman, Fargo, Chelsey (Christopher) Odinson, Grand Forks, ND, Lindee Goodno-Desjarlais, Bismarck, Robyn Goodno, Mandan, ND, David (Lynsey) Goodno, Carroll Valley, PA, April (Thomas) Moran, Jefferson, MD, Tina (Americo) Prieto, Hagerstown, MD, Christopher (Rossio) Goodno, Gaithersburg, MD, and Sara, Abigail, and Katelyn Goodno, Woodbury; 17 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.

Fay was preceded in death by her husband, Paul; her son, Clair Allen Goodno; her sister, Helen Dungan; and her three brothers, Wilfred Bud, Fred Harley, and James Wendell Wipperling.

Memorials may be directed to the Epilepsy Foundation of Minnesota.

Visitation: Friday, September 26, 2014, from 5 - 7 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, Moorhead.

Memorial Service: Saturday, September 27, 2014, at 3 PM, in Grace United Methodist Church, Moorhead.

Burial: Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, Moorhead.