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Obituary: Kunkel, Margaret

Age 100

KUNKEL, Margaret (Age 100) Passed away in Spokane on Friday, October 16th.

Margaret was born in Gรถteborg, Sweden on April 27, 1915.

When she was two years old, she and her mother came to the United States to join Margaret’s father who had immigrated earlier.

Margaret spent her early years in Belfast, Maine and after she married, made her home for many years in Syracuse, New York.

She moved to Florida in the 1970s.

She was a real estate broker in both New York State and Florida and loved her career, achieving the status of Realtor of the Year more than one time.

In 2005, she began spending time in Spokane to be near family.

She was preceded in death by her husband Lester Kunkel in 1985 and is survived by her son Richard (Mary) Kunkel; three grandsons and five great-grandchildren.

Services will be private.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Floor 17, Chicago, IL 60601-7633.