Margaret Gretl Reiterer

Margaret Gretl Reiterer passed away May 24, 2016 at the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon. She would have been 96 years old June 2 of this year.

Margaret was born in Fohnsdorf, Austria June 2, 1920 to Karl Reiterer and Anna Stenk Reiterer. She moved to the United States when she was 18 years old and eventually taught in St. Louis, MO for several years.  Then, she became co-owner of a Montessori School of Dayton, OH. After retiring, she moved to Clarkfield, MN, and she then moved to the Good Samaritan Center in Waukon in November of 2005.

Gretl enjoyed reading, listening to the music events, and had many friends at the nursing home who were all so kind to her, as she was to them. Friends in Waukon are Dr. Ken and Sharon Olson, who have cared for her also. Her survivors are all in Austria.