Langfeld, Margaret (Casey) age 76, of Blaine, passed peacefully on April 6, 2019. Preceded in death by her parents William and Clara Casey. She is survived by her husband Jim, siblings John (Barb) Casey, Claire (Walter) Matthews, Bill (Jo) Casey; children Jim (Tandra), Joe (Caroline), Michelle Samuels (Mike), Danielle Udean (Darrin), Adam (Kari), and Tom; 14 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Margaret grew up on a farm in Darwin, MN and married Jim, her high school sweetheart, in 1963. First elected to the Blaine City Council in 1976, she went on to chair the Anoka County Board of Commissioners. As a pioneer for human rights and religious freedom, she was the first female Blaine City Council member and first woman chair of the Anoka County Board. Margaret was a co- founder of Alexandra House, Anoka County Children and Family Council, Creating Community, and Anoka County Economic Development Partnership; past President of the Association of MN Counties, MN Association of Government Investments, Metropolitan Library Service Agency, Metropolitan 911 Telephone Board, Metropolitan Mosquito Control District, past Chair of Metronet, Alliance for a Violence Free Anoka County, Metropolitan Emergency Services Board, WCCO Radio Good Neighbor, ARC Legislator of the Year, North Metro Business and Professional Women's Club "Woman of the Year" and Morris Hurch Award winner among others. Closest to her heart was her time in service at the Church of Saint Paul, where she was a founding member, leader in Sacrament of Initiation programming, Family Formation core team, Women at the Well, Companions in the Heart of Jesus and past music ministry member. She also served on the boards of Saint Paul's Outreach, the Way of the Shepherd Catholic Montessori School and as Vice-Chair of the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis Pastoral Council. Memorials preferred to Alexandra House, Human Life Alliance or the Catholic Church of Saint Paul. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 11 AM, Saturday, April 13, 2019 with visitation two hours prior at the CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST. PAUL, 1740 Bunker Lake Blvd NE, Ham Lake, MN; 763-757-6910. kozlakradulovich.com "A Celebration of Life" 763-783-1100
Margaret (Casey) Langfeld
Church of Saint Paul | Ham Lake, MN
11:00 PM, Saturday April 13th, 2019
A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for 11 AM, Saturday, April 13, 2019 with visitation two hours prior at the Catholic Church of Saint Paul, 1740 Bunker Lake Blvd NE, Ham Lake, MN; 763-757-6910.
Alexandra House
Margaret was a co-founder of Alexandra House which was established in 1977, when a group of concerned citizens formed the Anoka County Task Force for Battered Women. Within a year the Task Force established a 24-hour crisis line, with the first emergency shelter opening in 1980. First located in Fridley, the original shelter housed 12 women and children. In 1983 the shelter moved to a new site in Blaine that provided space for 17 residents. By 1994, the second shelter was outgrown and the organization built its current facility in Blaine, which can house up to 35 women and children (including males to age 18) at a time.
Human Life Alliance
Margaret was a supporter of Human Life Alliance which promotes awareness of the inherent dignity and personhood of human life, born and preborn, without exception or compromise. Human Life Alliance proclaims and defends a culture of life and chastity through education, social and political awareness and life-affirming alternatives to abortion, infanticide, assisted suicide and euthanasia. Human Life Alliance accomplishes its mission in a spirit of prayer and non-violence.
The Catholic Church of Saint Paul
Margaret belonged to The Catholic Church of Saint Paul. A living, dynamic community loved into being by the Father, nourished by Jesus Christ in the Eucharist and empowered by the Holy Spirit to become the Body of Christ alive in our world today.
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