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Saturday, September 17, 2005

Catherine L. Margraf

Catherine L. "Cathy" Margraf, 57, of rural New Riegel, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 14, 2005, at Mercy Hospital of Tiffin. She was born April 9, 1948, in Tiffin, to Victor and Mary Lou (Scherger) Huss. On May 3, 1969, she married Thomas Margraf and he survives.
Survivors include her parents of Tiffin; husband, a son, Brian Daniel Margraf of Hastings, Mich.; three daughters, Kimberly Sue (Mike) Kirkland of Reynoldsburg, Jennifer Sue (Greg) Edwards of Westchester and Rebecca Ann (Todd) Smith of League City, Texas; three brothers, John (Annette) Huss of New Riegel, Daniel (Maureen) Huss of Dublin and James (Susan) Huss of Columbus; five sisters, Angela (David) Koons of Fostoria, Patricia (Russell) Randolph of Cincinnati, Marilyn (Raymond) Stump of Kansas, Beatrice (Michael) Hodovanic of Cincinnati and Teresa (James) Celeck of Fremont; and four grandchildren, Alana and Jackie Kirkland, Evan Edwards, and Noah Smith.
Cathy graduated from New Riegel High School in 1966 and from Practical School of Nursing in Sandusky and was an LPN at Mercy Hospital, Tiffin. She started working at Mercy in the fall of 1967 and worked in several areas, including program assistant in food and nutrition for the Seneca County OSU Extension. She was a member of All Saints Parish, New Riegel, and its Rosary Altar Society. She was a member of New Riegel American Legion Auxiliary 354 and was past president, secretary and treasurer for New Riegel PTO, past president and secretary for New Riegel Music Boosters, a member of New Riegel Moose 872, past secretary for Right to Life, president and trustee for three years of Catholic Knights of Ohio, sentinel and lecturer for two years. When she had time, she enjoyed gardening, canning, sewing, knitting and crocheting.
A funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, at All Saints Parish, New Riegel, with the Rev. Ronald Schock officiating. A rosary will be prayed 15 minutes prior to the Mass. Burial will follow in St. Boniface Cemetery, New Riegel.
Friends may visit 2-9 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2005, at Hoffmann-Gottfried-Mack Funeral Home. Catholic Knights of Ohio will have a memorial service at 8 p.m. and a Christian wake service will be at 8:45 p.m.
Memorial contributions can be made to CK of O, Victor Huss Vocational Scholarship Fund (through CK of O), FACT or Community Hospice Care.