Margaret Harrison of Eastport died on March 26, after a short illness. She was 91.
Born in Secaucus, New Jersey, to Henry Kuntz and Eleanor Purtzloff, she attended school in Germany and returned to the United States as a teenager. She met the man who would become her husband, Roy Harrison, while living in Hoboken, New Jersey, and they were married in 1953. They later divorced in 1964.
In 1966, Ms. Harrison started work on the custodial staff of Southampton College, where she remained employed until retiring in 1988. She spent her later years freelancing as a cook and housekeeper on the East End, and enjoying hobbies such as gardening and rug hooking. Her remaining days were spent as a resident of Cedar Lodge (Oasis) Nursing Home, following a stroke in 2011.
Ms. Harrison was predeceased by a sister, Lillian Miklautz of Austria. She is survived by her ex-husband, Roy Harrison; sons Mark Harrison of Hampton Bays and Gordon Harrison of Eastport; two grandchildren, Karl Harrison and Arlene Klein; and three great-grandchildren, Avery and Cole Klein and Eric Ilarraza Jr., all of Eastport.
Funeral arrangements were handled by Sinnicksons Moriches Funeral Home in Center Moriches.
on Apr 5, 2016