LITTLETON, Colo.– Marie Steigerwald, age 90, who lived most her life in Winona, died in retirement in Littleton. In Winona she was a laboratory secretary at the hospital for 20 years. She was known in Winona State University circles through her husband Jacob, a foreign languages professor. She was born in Romania. At age 9, shed fled with her family to Austria ahead of Russian combat forces. Those were tough times. Food and housing were in short supply. She remembered sharing living quarters in some barracks with 70 people. The family arrived in Chicago in 1949.
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Earlier: R.I.P.: Jacob Steigerwald
1934-2024