Margie Ann Deseth

Margie Ann Deseth, 69 of Glendive, passed away at Glendive Medical Center on the evening of June 8, 2023. She was surrounded by her three sons and many, many, very dear friends. A Life Tribute Service will be held at 2:00 PM on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at the Silha Funeral Home in Glendive with Celebrant Heidi Carney officiating. Silha Funeral Home of Glendive has been entrusted with the arrangements. Margie Deseth was born Margie Ann Clausen on August 10, 1953, in Mason City, IA to Claus Bendix Clausen and Linda Lydia (Bublitz) Clausen. She was raised in Mason City along with her three siblings Delmar, Janice and Donna and graduated as a Mason City High School Mohawk in 1971. She married for the first time shortly thereafter and had her first son, Robert (Bob) Nasheim IV, in 1972. Her second son, Michael (Mike) Nasheim, was also born in Mason City in 1975. In 1977, shortly after moving to Montana, her third son, Timothy (Tim) Nasheim was born. Her family moved to Glendive, MT in 1982 where she lived for the remainder of her life. Not only was Margie a full-time mom she developed film for Komo Photo in Mason City, was an apparel clerk for Kmart in Missoula, the Lady’s Apparel Department Manager for Woolworths in Havre, and a Sale Clerk for JCPenney’s in Glendive before taking a position with the Montana Department of Transportation (MDT) where she spent 31-1/2 years and retired as a Purchasing Technician in 2017. It should be noted that she played a significant role as being the only female to shut down a federally funded highway project in Montana by organizing a strike. During her tenure at MDT, she took on additional jobs working as a Tax Preparer for H&R Block and working at the Reynold’s Greenhouse for many Spring planting seasons. If extra work wasn’t enough, Margie was always involved with many extracurricular activities including Welcome Wagon Club (president), Cub Scouts (Assistant Scout Master), Jazzercise, Zumba, bowling league, geo-caching, arts and crafts (winning many County Fair awards for her needle pointing), bunco, and bingo. She even caught a paddlefish. Margie never missed her children’s activities. She was the world’s greatest cook and thoroughly enjoyed baking. Family meals were very important to her as she valued the time spent around the dinner table. More recently she enjoyed participating as an active member in the Garden Club, a member of The Hens, going to concerts, ghost hunting, and being a committee member of the Elks. She was very successful in building a significant friend base participating in all of these activities. These friendships were so strong many of them would say I love you often and refer to themselves as sisters…and even got away with it. She never had a problem finding things to keep busy. She received an Associates of Arts degree from Dawson Community College in 1985. Margie was the greatest homemaker often changing her décor throughout the year and seasons. She was very meticulous and kept both a mini-Swiffer sweeper and handheld broom in her car. Everything had its place regardless, if it was at your house or hers. Margie spent a lot of time traveling to visit her sons, daughters-in-law, and grandsons, often having an agenda that HAD to be completed during her visit. She was an avid gardener, often spending time during her visits shopping multiple greenhouses searching for that special flower or plant to place in her garden. Margie was preceded in death by her parents Claus and Linda, her older sister Janice, sister-in-law Violet, and an older sister Marlene who passed prior to Margie’s birth. She is survived by her three sons; Bob (Julie) Nasheim of Belgrade, Mike (Heather) Nasheim of Butte, and Tim (Michelle) Nasheim of Fargo; four grandsons, Colton and Chasen Nasheim of Butte and Jaylen and Jayce Nasheim of Fargo, her sister Donna Lawson (Kansas City, KS) and her brother Delmar Clausen (St. Ansgar, IA), multiple nieces and nephews and many, many dear friends. Margie was the best mom a son could have, the best grandma a grandchild could want, and the best friend a person could need. She will truly be missed by all. We love you Mom!

Margie Ann Deseth

August 10, 1953 - June 8, 2023

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August 10, 1953 - June 8, 2023

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