M argaret Kollmar, 96, of Winner, SD passed away on Tuesday, June 6, 2017 at her home in Winner.  Funeral service will be held on Sunday, June 11, 2017 at 3:00PM at the Mason Funeral Home in Winner, SD.  Burial will follow on Monday, June 12, 2017 at 10:30AM MT in the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD.  A visitation will be held one hour prior to funeral service on Sunday.

Margaret was born at Piniele, MT in Carter County on May 10, 1921 to Roy and Florence Davis.  She was the oldest of 5 children.

The family moved to different locations in the next few years spending the most time in Deadwood, SD where the rest of her brothers and sisters were born.  Margaret attended grade school in Deadwood and often talked about growing up there.

As a teenager she worked as a mica cutter in Custer for a time.  In her mid-teens the family moved to southern Tripp County after her Dad was discharged from his WWII duties.  While in Tripp County she met Kenneth Kollmar.  After they courted for a time they were married September 15, 1952 in Gregory, SD.  3 children were born to this union, Patricia, Kenneth, and Vola.

After many years of farming and ranching in the Clearfield/Millboro area Kenneth passed away in 1987.

Margaret moved to Winner with her daughter Vola and then to Madison and Watertown, SD and then back to Winner where she lived in Lamro Apartments for 15 years until the time of her death.

She was a long time member of the VFW Auxiliary and the Colome Legion.

Survivors include, Patricia who resides in California, Kenneth (Ricki) Winner, SD and "Vola" Dusty (Craig) Thorstenson, of Timber Lake, SD.  Brother, George of Hot Springs, SD, 2 grandsons, nieces and nephews.

Preceded in death by her parents, brother Samuel (WWII), sisters, Inez and Nellie