MARGUERITE JANE KREUTZER

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MARGUERITE JANE KREUTZER Marguerite Kreutzer passed away suddenly but peacefully at her home in Winnipeg on Tuesday, September 28, 1999. She was 88 years old. Marguerite was predeceased by her husband Henry on November 8, 1985, whom she nursed the last three years of his life. Henry was 80 years old. Mrs. Kreutzer is survived by her two sons, Glenn of Portage la Prairie and Evan and his wife Irene of Selkirk, Man.; four grandsons, Douglas and his wife Gena, Daniel, Andre and Marcel. She is also survived by her stepbrother Bill Rusk of Portage and three stepsisters, Phyllis Clark of Portage la Prairie, Caroline Fitzsimmons and Helen (Frankie) Asham, both of Winnipeg. Marguerite was born in Brandon, Man. on March 6, 1911 to Robert and Ellen Armstrong. Her father was a conductor for the Canadian Northern Railway and died of diphtheria in 1912. Her grandfather John Armstrong, from Lakefield, Que. and Lakeland, Man. took her mother and her to Ryanton (later Harcus) to homestead in 1913. John, in the late 60s, took ill and they left there three years later for Amaranth and Westbourne. Her mother Ellen Armstrong met Bob Rusk of Lakeland and they were married in 1919. They then moved to the homestead of Harcus. Marguerite, or Rita, as she was commonly known, spent three years there, and on her own, moved to Winnipeg, where she completed her education and began working in 1927. Marguerite married Henry Kreutzer on November 14, 1935 in Winnipeg. Henry was an executive with the Coca-Cola and they immediately moved to Windsor, Ontario where he was the new Coca-Cola Plant Manager. Two years later they moved to Toronto where they stayed for five years, before moving back to Winnipeg. On October 2, 1942 their first son Glenn was born and on June 6, 1947 Marguerite gave birth to their second son Evan. In 1950 Marguerite and Henry moved to Selkirk, Manitoba and started Selkirk Beverages Limited. Marguerite loved plants, birds and animals, especially horses, and liked to ride and be near them. She was a very enterprising person right up until the day she left our world. She had studied archeology at university in Toronto, and history, geography and nature were a great part of her life. She was interested in many crafts, doing leather work, sea shell art work and painting. She was very musical and loved to sing, and taught herself to play the organ, piano, violin and Hawaiian and Spanish guitar. She also sang in the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir. Mrs. Kreutzer worked with several volunteer organizations, such as the Hospital Auxiliary and the Ladies Aid in Selkirk. Marguerite was a very religious person and saw God and Christ in nature and her every-day life around her. She had been born an Anglican and attended the Lutheran church with her husband. She loved people and was always helping someone with her time, energy and their financial needs. She returned to the work force in the late 1950s, working in the financial world in Winnipeg. Today she was a prospector in the mining industry, looking for valuable minerals. This week when she passed away, a claim was being asked in her name and unknown to her, the stakers were naming it after her. She will be sorely missed in the prospecting profession, and will also be sorely missed by all those who knew her. Marguerite wished to be cremated and wanted her ashes to be interred in her husbands resting place. A service to celebrate Mrs. Kreutzers life will be held on Monday, October 4 at 1:00 p.m. at St. Marys Anglican Church in Portage la Prairie with the Reverend Norman Collier officiating. A reception will be held in the Parish Hall with interment to follow in Hillside Cemetery. If friends so desire, contributions to the charity of choice would be appreciated. Arrangements are by: Ronald Moffit Memorial Services Portage la Prairie 856-3487

As published in Winnipeg Free Press on Oct 02, 1999