Obit: Rinn, Margaret (1909-1981)

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Surnames: Rinn, Rydberg, Johnson, Myers, Bores, Lynch

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (19 November 1981)

Rinn, Margaret (22 November 1909 - 18 November 1981)

UNITY -- Mr. Lawrence (Margaret) Rinn, 71, 403 S. Winton St., Whitewater, a native of Unity, died Wednesday at the Fort Atkinson Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient for more than a month.

Services will be Saturday at the First English Church at Whitewater.

The former Margaret Rydberg was born November 22, 1909 to Mr. and Mrs. Gust Rydberg and graduated from Unity High School. She was employed as a secretary to the president of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater for 28 years, retiring in 1971. She had lived in Whitewater since her marriage to Lawrence Rinn June 23, 1933. He died November 7, 1973.

Survivors include two sons, Lawrence (Bud) Rinn, Jr., Newburg, and David Rinn, Janesville; three sisters, Mrs. Roy, (Ruth) Johnson, Joliet, Illinois, Mrs. Maurice (Mabel) Myers, Loretta and Mrs. Ervin (Dorothy) Bores, Marshfield, and six grandchildren.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a sister, Mrs. Joe (Louise) Lynch.