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Margaret Rose Pfeifer, SMP, age 90, of Fargo, ND died August 22, 2017 at St. Aloisius Medical Center in Harvey, ND. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 3:30 PM on Friday, August 25th at Maryvale Convent Chapel in Valley City with Father Donald Leiphon celebrant. Visitation will be held on Thursday from 4:00 PM until 7:30 PM and one hour before the service at Maryvale Convent Chapel Friday afternoon. A vigil service will be held at 7:30 PM Thursday evening at Maryvale Chapel. Interment will be in Maryvale Cemetery.
Sister Margaret Rose (Willis Marie) Pfeifer was born September 2, 1926 to William M. and Ida G. (Zimprich) Pfeifer, Cooperstown, ND. She made vows of consecrated chastity, obedience and poverty to God with the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation, August 29, 1945. She lived a long and fruitful life as a teacher and leader. Sister Margaret Rose taught 5th and 6th grade in Wild Rice, ND from 1945 to 1948. She taught 3rd, 4th and 5th grade in Lisbon, ND from 1948 to 1949. She taught 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th Grade and was the Principal at St. Cecilia’s Catholic School in Harvey, ND from 1950 to 1960. In 1957 she received a Bachelor’s Degree from Great Falls University, Great Falls, MT with a Major in mathematics and education and Minors in chemistry, biology and English. She taught high school at Notre Dame Academy, Willow City, ND from 1960 to 1968. In 1968, she received her Master’s Degree from Creighton University, Omaha, NE with a Major in biology and chemistry and a Minor in secondary education. In 1968, she began teaching at St. Catherine’s School in Valley City where she taught high school and later all grades and levels until 1973. Sister Margaret Rose served as the Social Director at Presentation Medical Center, Rolla, ND for a time while also teaching at Belcourt and Rolla high schools. She began teaching at Turtle Mountain College, Belcourt, ND in 1979. She was on the leadership council of the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation beginning in 1968. In 1976, she was Provincial Councilor while continuing to teach at Turtle Mountain Community College until 1984. In 1990, she was the Master Teacher for Instructors for early childhood and parents in the Comprehensive Child Development Program at Little Hoop Community College, Fort Totten, ND until 1992. In 1992, she became the Provincial of the Sisters of Mary of the Presentation until 1996. She attended a Theological Sabbatical September-December of 1996. In 1997, she began serving with SMP Health System and has been a lobbyist at the North Dakota Legislative sessions.
She is survived by her Religious Sisters of Mary of the Presentation; her sister Arlene (Frank) Heinz, Cooperstown, ND; nieces Brenda (Jan) Von Bank, West Fargo, ND and Barbara (Phil) Kameo, Sauk Rapids, MN; and nephews Michael (LuAnn) Heinz, Ellendale, ND, and Jeffrey Heinz, Cooperstown, ND; and numerous great-nephews and nieces.
She was preceded in death by her parents.
An online guest book is available at www.lerudschuldt.com.