MARGARET ERNESTINE HASER KESSLER HOCH MARKOVICS

Class of 1928

The names of the graduates of the Class of 1928 were published in the Pittsburgh Press. This graduate was listed as Margaret Ernestine Haser.

Margaret Ernestine Haser, according to her birth record, was born on October 13, 1907 in Johnsonburg, Elk County, Pennsylvania. Her parents, both born in Germany, were Christophe J. Haser, a paper maker, and Helen Tielsch.

At the time of the 1910 Federal Census of Johnsonburg, Elk County, Christ Hazer, 28, and his wife, Hellen, 23, had a son, George, 4, and two daughters, Margarette, 3, and Madeline, 1 month.

The mother died in 1917. The father died at St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh, on January 2, 1926. Margaret Haser provided the information for his death record. The parents are buried at Wardvale Catholic Cemetery, Johnsonburg.

In 1930, Margarett E. Haser, 22, born in Pennsylvania, parents born in Germany, was employed as a Registered Nurse in a hospital. She was a boarder at a house on Kincaid Extension, Pittsburgh, along with two other St. Francis graduates, Gertrude Lejuene (1930) and Rebecca Welch (1927).

The first husband of Margaret Haser was William R. Kessler, a policeman. They had five children - William, Robert, Edward, George, Lauretta - before William R. Kessler died of Pulmonary Tuberculosis in 1953.

Margaret's second husband was Lawrence Hoch. His death occurred in 1964.

On May 11, 1982, at age 74, Margaret E. Haser married Mike Markovics in Orange County, California.

Margaret Markovics died on March 13, 1989.

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