http://www.freemanol.comDECEMBER 16, 2000
Not my relative, just found this obit and thought I would post it here.
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Marguerite L. Svanoe
WAUKESHA - Marguerite L. Svanoe, 98, of Waukesha, formerly of Milwaukee, died Friday, Dec. 15, 2000, at the Virginia Health Care Center. She was born in Milwaukee on June 12, 1902, the daughter of Peter and Hulda (nee Teschan) Andersen.
Marguerite was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received her degree in English. She was a member of Kappa Delta and Phi Beta Kappa. Marguerite was a popular teacher at Roosevelt Jr. High School in Milwaukee, where Ben Barkin was one of her students. She was a member of the Women’s Literary Club for over 50 years and had served as its president.
Marguerite is survived by her daughters, Sylvia (Jim) Cross and Signy (Tom) Smith, both of Waukesha; by her brother-in-law, Ferdinand (Jean) Svanoe and her sister-in-law, Lorraine Svanoe; and by six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, many nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Haakon Svanoe, in 1966.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18, at the Rudolph-Larsen Bros. Funeral Home, 500 N. East Ave., Waukesha. Friends may call at the funeral home from 12:30 p.m. Monday until the time of the funeral service. Burial will follow at Valhalla Memorial Gardens in Milwaukee.
Marguerite will be missed by everyone whose lives she touched.
Rudolph-Larsen Bros. Funeral Home, 542-7111, is serving the family.