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Margaret
Clarinet

Born: 1923
Where: Muscatine, Iowa
Grew Up:

Muscatine

Ancestry: Germany in the mid 1800s
College: Bachelor of Science, Music degree from Cornell College
Also Lived: Lake Bluff, Illinois (north of Chicago)
Occupation:

Taught music in public school (voice and piano)
Choral director in Community and Church choirs

Family: Two daughters and a son and six grandchildren
Interests: Many community groups such as the Woman's Club, and her Church, on the Library and Museum boards and a member of Choral groups such as Cantemus.

Margaret first learned to play the Clarinet in the 7th Grade, although she played Trumpet in college. She also plays the piano and of course singing is a big part of her life. Margaret is a charter member of DFNHB from when it first formed in 1995. She enjoys being involved with the community theater, and indeed many community affairs and gets particular enjoyment from her family.