Margaret Korten

Margaret Korten LANCASTER, Pa. - Margaret Ann (O'Grady) Korten, 91, of 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, formerly of Kingsford, died Wednesday evening, Feb. 2, 2005, in Lancaster. The daughter of Edward E. and Ann (Franke) O'Grady, she was born Sept. 1, 1913, in Iron Mountain. While a student at Iron Mountain High School, she attended music camp at Interlochen. She played the French horn under the direction of American composer and conductor John Philip Sousa. After she graduated in 1931, she went to Northern Michigan Teacher's College (now Northern Michigan University) in Marquette, where she earned her three-year life certificate in 1934 and her bachelor's degree in 1940. In 1975, she earned her master's degree in curriculum and instruction from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She was licensed as a reading specialist in 1979. She wed John Stanley Korten on March 17, 1945, at St. Mary and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iron Mountain. They were married 49 years. A later elementary school teacher for 28 years, she taught at Immaculate Conception in Iron Mountain, Westwood grade school in Kingsford, and at schools in Gwinn and Saginaw, lower Michigan, and Wauwatosa, Mequon and Cedarburg, Wis. She retired from the Cedarburg School District in 1980. She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Lititz, Pa., and a former member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Ozaukee County Retired Teachers Association, Wisconsin Retired Educators' Association and the Ozaukee County Republican Party. She was an avid Green Bay Packers fan. She is survived by a son, Patrick S. Korten, husband of Anita (Norfolk) Korten of Great Falls, Va.; and a daughter, Jean A. Korten, wife of Carl R. Moser of Lititz; three grandchildren; two sisters, Agnes LaLond of Oshkosh, Wis. and Patricia Jackson of Springfield, Mass.; and numerous nieces and nephews. Her husband, John S. Korten, and a daughter, Kathleen Carole Korten, preceded her in death. A viewing will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home in Iron Mountain. A memorial service will follow Thursday at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Cemetery Park. Contributions in Margaret A. Korten's memory may be made to Knights of Columbus Charities, c/o Supreme Treasurer, Knights of Columbus, One Columbus Plaza, New Haven, Conn. 06510 or Young America's Foundation, Reagan Ranch Center, 217 State St., Santa Barbara, Calif. 93101. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Margaret Korten online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon and Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with the funeral arrangements.

Margaret Korten

February 2, 2005