Margaret Gutelius
– November 7, 2016
Margaret N. Gutelius, 98, of Sun City Center, Fla., died on November 7, 2016 at the home of her daughter, Mary Gutelius, in Trumansburg, N.Y. She lived a full and giving life.
Margaret grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of Presbyterian Missionaries. She attended Oberlin College in Ohio, and graduated from Columbia University in New York City, with a Bachelors in Nursing in 1940. Along with her physician husband, Doctor Stanley K. Gutelius, she worked in rural community health for 31 years.
She lived her faith in a quiet determined fashion. Her family was very proud of her for attending the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights, and then working for fair housing in upstate New York. When Margaret (“Mogs” to her friends) retired to Sun City Center in 1978, she was very active in the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. She was a member and treasurer for the Interfaith Social Action Council. She worked for the Nearly New Shop and also volunteered at the Beth El Farmworkers Ministry. Mogs loved music and sang in the church choir for 35 years, as well as SCC Woman’s Chorus and St. Andrew and Friends Chorus.
Her family benefitted from her down-to-earth practical talents: She was a superb pie baker, a knitter of beautiful sweaters, and a raiser of Scottish Terriers. She loved boating and was an excellent synchronized swimmer at SCC.
She is survived by five children, Stan (Chris) Gutelius and Mary Gutelius of upstate New York and from Sun City Center; Jim (Karen) Gutelius, Cathy (John ) Rathmell, and Barb (Dale) Carver.
She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will have a private memorial service in the spring in New York State.
Margaret grew up in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of Presbyterian Missionaries. She attended Oberlin College in Ohio, and graduated from Columbia University in New York City, with a Bachelors in Nursing in 1940. Along with her physician husband, Doctor Stanley K. Gutelius, she worked in rural community health for 31 years.
She lived her faith in a quiet determined fashion. Her family was very proud of her for attending the 1963 March on Washington for civil rights, and then working for fair housing in upstate New York. When Margaret (“Mogs” to her friends) retired to Sun City Center in 1978, she was very active in the St. Andrew Presbyterian Church. She was a member and treasurer for the Interfaith Social Action Council. She worked for the Nearly New Shop and also volunteered at the Beth El Farmworkers Ministry. Mogs loved music and sang in the church choir for 35 years, as well as SCC Woman’s Chorus and St. Andrew and Friends Chorus.
Her family benefitted from her down-to-earth practical talents: She was a superb pie baker, a knitter of beautiful sweaters, and a raiser of Scottish Terriers. She loved boating and was an excellent synchronized swimmer at SCC.
She is survived by five children, Stan (Chris) Gutelius and Mary Gutelius of upstate New York and from Sun City Center; Jim (Karen) Gutelius, Cathy (John ) Rathmell, and Barb (Dale) Carver.
She is also survived by 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
The family will have a private memorial service in the spring in New York State.