Margaret R. Kane passed away Feb. 8, 2015.

Marge suffered a stroke, and passed away peacefully and without pain, while vacationing on the California coast.

She was born April 27, 1936 to Ethel and Russell Ringering in Alton, Illinois, which is on the Mississippi River and near St. Louis, Missouri.

Marge was a descendant of mostly of German and Irish ancestors. She lived her childhood in Alton and attended nursing school at Washington University in St. Louis, a working school at that time, where she received a bachelor of science degree in nursing. She continued to work there on some of the first open heart surgery patients in the country.

Marge eventually decided to move out West with a friend.  Coincidentally, their car broke down in front of the brand-new University of Washington Hospital. They inquired about jobs there and were hired on the spot. Marge was involved in setting up the first intensive care facility at the hospital.

When Marge got married and started a family she switched to Virginia Mason to avoid rotating shifts and became a floating charge nurse. She remained there for 30-plus years and raised two children during that time.

Marge was preceded in death by her parents and the recent loss of her son, Joseph, and dog, Barney. They are now visiting.

Marge is survived by her husband Tom; daughter Jenni; daughter-in law-Stacie; and grandsons Thomas M. “Mick” and Joseph P. “Joey.”

Marge is known for her love of travel, adventure, excellent cooking skills and, of course, her love of family. She loved her old car friends, steamboat friends and also her boating friends. She was thankful for fate bringing her to this area for its wonderful weather, life and people. She was thankful for her 54 years of marriage and 48 years in the family home on Bainbridge Island.

There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 7, with Rosary at 10:30 a.m., at St. Cecelia Catholic Church, Bainbridge Island.

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