Margaret May Adolphi

Margaret "Margo" Adolphi, a longtime resident of Wenatchee, passed away on January 30, 2011, after a valiant battle with pancreatic cancer. She was born on May 20, 1925, to Carl and Hazel (Bancroft) Hitland at Charlson, ND. Following her mother's death shortly after giving birth to Margo's younger brother, Wallace, her father subsequently remarried his widowed sister-in-law, Florence (Margo's aunt), who helped raise and nurture young Margo. Margo was baptized at the Antelope Lutheran Church on July 19, 1925, by the Rev. Haktor Moe, who also confirmed her at the First Lutheran Church in Charlson on August 22, 1937. Margo attended a rural elementary school and graduated from high school in Sanish, ND. After attending Minot State Teachers' College and receiving a teaching certificate in nine months, at age 17, she began teaching at the Kinden School, a one-room, all-grade school in rural North Dakota. Desiring to support the Nation during World War II, she moved to Poulsbo, WA in June of 1943, and worked at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, WA. There, she met Robert "Bob" Adolphi, who also worked at the shipyard, following his discharge from the Army. They married on October 27, 1944. After their only child, Ron, was born in Bremerton in 1946, they moved to East Wenatchee and then to Cashmere, where they established Bob's Radio. In 1952, they moved the business to Wenatchee. Together, Bob and Margo operated the business, with Margo as the financial steward, until selling the business and retiring in 1978. Bob preceded her in death in 2007, as did her brother, Wallace, and granddaughter, Christina. She is survived by her son, Ron and daughter-in-law, Celia "Cecie" of Alexandria, VA; a step-brother, Don Poole of Williston, ND; an aunt, Gudrun Hitland of New Town, ND; cousins, Arvine Hitland of Lincoln City, OR, Harriett Nyguard of Jamestown, ND, Cheryl Hanna of Kennewick, WA, Marilyn Carter of Condo, ND, Ruth Ann Harvey of Castle Rock, CO, Linda Soiseth of Malta, MT and Connie Tollefson of New Town, ND; and goddaughter, Karen Jones of Springfield, VA. A longtime member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Wenatchee, Margo was active in the Altar Guild. A Celebration of Life Service for her will be held a St. Paul's Lutheran Church, located at Palouse and Buchanan Streets in Wenatchee, on Thursday, February 3, 2011, at 2:00 p.m. Inurnment is planned for Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, where Margo's cremains will rest with those of her late husband, Bob. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the St. Paul's Lutheran School Scholarship Fund at the following address: St. Paul's Lutheran Church, PO Box 2219/312 Palouse Street, Wenatchee, WA 98801. Arrangements assisted by Telford's Chapel of the Valley, East Wenatchee.

Margaret May Adolphi

May 20, 1925 - January 30, 2011