In Memoriam
Margaret Ahlvqist, 91
Voracious Reader, College Administrative Assistant
Margaret Sahlke was born on July 9, 1929, in Staten Island, New York, to Rudolf, a baker, and Lillian, a schoolteacher. Margaret and her younger brother, Rudy, both worked in the bakery as they grew up.
Margaret graduated from New Dorp High School in 1947 and a few years later met the love of her life, Bertel Ahlqvist, who had recently moved to the United States from Finland.
“He took me to a dance one night and we were pretty much inseparable after that,’’ Margaret relayed to her children shortly before her death.
The pair enjoyed 51 years of marriage and partnership before Bert’s death in 2004.
The family moved from Staten Island to Laurens, New York, in 1975 and Bert and Margaret moved to Mt. Vision in 1985. Margaret was a homemaker for many years, and landlord after the move upstate. She also was an Administrative Assistant at Hartwick College.
