Marcella 'Sally' Plueger, 100, of Le Mars, Iowa, passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at the Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars.

Funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, March 16, 2026, at Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars. Reverend Jan Christensen will officiate. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens in Le Mars. Visitation with the family present will be from noon until service time on Monday at the funeral home. Arrangements are with the Rexwinkel Funeral Home in Le Mars. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.rexwinkelfh.com.

Marcella Katherine Schwebach, the daughter of Louis and Leona (Peters) Schwebach, was born on August 11, 1925, in Granville, Iowa. She attended school in Granville before helping her father work in a sale barn in Paullina, IA.

She met Robert D. Plueger and they were married on February 9, 1946, in Le Mars, Iowa. They lived on a farm near Spink, SD. They moved to Weed, CA, for a few years before returning to Le Mars. Sally was a homemaker for her family. Together, they raised five children, Diane, Donna, Gary, James, and Susan. Robert passed away on June 20, 2001. Sally continued to make her home in Le Mars. In January of 2022, she became a resident of the Good Samaritan Society of Le Mars.

Sally was a member of the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. She enjoyed her friends and family, especially her grandchildren. She was a wonderful mother to her five children. She loved to cook and bake, and her children will remember her for her wonderful donuts.

Survivors include her children: Diane (Daryl) Smith of Le Mars, IA, Donna (Ken) Taylor of Le Mars, IA, Gary (Susan) Plueger of The Woodlands, TX, James (Susan) Plueger of Le Mars, IA, and Susie (Greg) Luken of Slidell, LA; 9 grandchildren; several great grandchildren and great great grandchildren; her brother, Richard Schwebach; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert Plueger; her siblings: Esther Rohrs, Donnie Schwebach, Bernadette Conley, Delores Ashmore, Caroline Schwebach, Betty Jean McConnell, and Lillian Koch; a great grandchild, Taylor James Jelken; and a grandson, Eric Plueger.