Margarete Mundahl

Obituary

Margarete was born July 19, 1936, in Monsonsantpeter (St Peter), Hungary. She was the daughter of Eugene and Magdalene (Hautzinger) Szutz. She was a child of wartime. Margarete started grade school in St. Peter, Hungary. Due to war, Margarete and family were forced to relocate from Hungary to Germany due to orders for German-speaking people in Hungary to move out. In April 1946, Margarete, her parents, and 3 sisters were transported by boxcar to Germany into Housing in the U.S. zone of Gemmrigheim, Germany. There, she completed 8th grade. She then becomes a governess and learned skills in child care and housekeeping. Margarete and her family decided to immigrate to the United States as her Uncle Steven Szutz, who came to the United States before the war, sponsored them to come to America by arranging housing and employment. They arrived in the US in December 1951, at Ellis Island by ship. From New York City, they traveled by train to Minneapolis, Minnesota. Margarete, age 16, was required to return then to high school and graduated from North High in Minneapolis in 1954. She started work at Snyder Drug store at 8th and Hennepin in Minneapolis, Minnesota. There she met another employee and student, Dean Mundahl.

On June 9, 1956, Margarete was united in marriage to Dean Mundahl at St Clement's Catholic Church in Northeast Minneapolis. This marriage was blessed with three children, Mark, Diane, and David. Margarete and Dean resided in Wadena, Minneapolis, Fergus Falls, Davenport, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Alexandria. They shared 62 years of marriage until the passing of Dean on January 22, 2019.

Margarete was a woman of great ability to manage a household, budget and give her children and husband a home of comfort and love. She was a parent leader for Campfire Girls and Cub Scouts. She worked as a housewife and when the children were in school went to work as a seamstress making sport coats in Fergus Falls, and also in Davenport Iowa when her husband, Dean, had his job relocated to Davenport, Iowa.

Margarete was a woman of strong faith, honesty, and gentleness. The family gave her the most joy with gatherings and cooking for them all. She enjoyed gardening, painting, and making grape juice every fall. She enjoyed camping with the family around the United States. Margarete and husband Dean built lake homes doing most of the work themselves, two on Swan Lake, Fergus Falls, Minnesota, and one on Lobster Lake, Alexandria, Minnesota where they retired. They spent many winters in Arizona in retirement and enjoyed the outdoors and warm temps. She gave unconditional love and support to all of her family. She touched many lives and will be dearly missed by all her family and friend.

Margarete passed away on Friday, July 17, 2020, in Hutchinson, Minnesota, at the age of 83 years. Blessed be her memory.

Margarete is survived by her:
Children, Mark Mundahl and his wife, Claudia, of Hutchinson, MN,
Diane Muckenhirn and her husband, Mark, of Hutchinson, MN,
David Mundahl and his wife, Julie, of Loretta, MN;
Grandchildren, Brandon Mundahl, Morgan Mundahl, Amy (Tom) Hagen, Ryan Muckenhirn, Bradley Muckenhirn, Jenna Mundahl, Anna Mundahl;
Great-Grandchildren, William and Evelyn Hagen, Madelyn Hagen;
Sister, Josie Freas and her husband, Robert, of Woodbury, MN;
Brother-in-law, George Eckenroth of Woodbury, MN;
Several Nieces and Nephews, other relatives, and friends.

Margarete is preceded in death by her Parents, Eugene and Magdalene Szutz; Husband, Dean Mundahl; Sisters, Maggie Eckenroth, Marie Homstad.