Burley
Margaret Ella Kulhanek, age 83, of Burley, died Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010, at Cassia Regional Medical Center.
She was born April 2, 1926, in Canon City, Colorado, the daughter of Ruben Emil and Lena Dale Curtis Ong. At a young age, Margaret moved with her family to Idaho, where she received and completed her education. She married at a young age and had seven children. She inherited four more children when she married Robert Kulhanek in 1961.
She was a wonderful and hardworking mother of eleven, worked as a clerk, a cleaning lady, and for the Idaho potato processing plants. Later in life, after all her children were grown, she completed her education as a certified dialysis technician and worked in this field for 17 years.
She was a talented seamstress, enjoyed painting with Tri Chem paints on pillowcases and dishtowels, and loved to cook, bake and can fruits and vegetables.
Margaret was an active member of the LDS Church and enjoyed doing temple work. She felt so peaceful and serene when she was in the Lord’s House.
Margaret had a heart of gold and made everyone feel welcome and accepted. She was truly a great daughter, wife, mother and grandmother. She will be missed immensely but never forgotten.
She is survived by her children, Sandi (Ron) Bryant, Lorna Boguslawski, Lonny (Gaydena) Kulhanek, Nelda Clark, Rhelda (Bob) Teeter, Joyce (Ron) Britton, Cordell Christensen, and La Rae (Richard) Dean; 39 grandchildren; 75 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and one sister, Helen Shaffer.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Larry Lang-Ley; daughter, Kathy Williams; brothers, Harold and John; and sisters, Ruby and Becky.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 6, at the Burley LDS 3rd and 7th Ward Church, 2200 Oakley Ave., with Bishop David A. Hansen officiating. Burial will be in the Riverside Cemetery.
Friends may call from 6 until 8 p.m. Friday, March 5, at the Rasmussen Funeral Home, 1350 E. 16th St., Burley, and from 1 until 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the church.
