Margarete Kate Klassa

October 2, 1947 - May 2, 2019

Margarete Käthe Klassa, 71, passed away at PruittHealth Raleigh on May 2, 2019. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, May 9th at the chapel at Wake Memorial Park in Cary, NC at 2pm, officiated by Deacon Rich Mickle of St. Andrews Catholic Church. Margaret (as she was known to friends and family) was born on October 2, 1947, in Fulda, Germany, to Adam and Sofie Dehler. She studied to be a pharmacy technician in her native Germany. After meeting the love of her life, Harold, she spent the next decades of her life raising a family, volunteering on military bases and in schools, and generally loving everyone she met. Margaret was a loyal and giving friend whose door was always open. She loved her family unconditionally. She will be missed by many. Margaret was preceded in death by her husband, Harold, who she loved and missed dearly, and by her sisters Käthe and Gerda Dehler. She is survived by her son John and his wife Cheryl (of Cary NC), and by her grandchildren Katherine (of Falls Church, VA), Hannah (Cary, NC), and Matthew (Cary, NC). In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (http://nchv.org/), where her granddaughter Katherine is employed, to honor Margaret's giving spirit.