MARTHA T. REGLI
Martha Tegen Regli died Sunday night, November 28, 1993, at Shady Lane Home,
Manitowoc.
Born 99 years ago, she was the eldest child of Fredrick and Marie Tegen. All
these years she was a resident of Manitowoc even though her work and her travels
and interests took her away for extended periods. She was educated in Manitowoc
schools. Residents will recall her as a lecturer, teacher and demonstrator of
cooking techniques. Nationally she was known at Laura Wilson, director of the
Mirro Aluminum Test Kitchen. At nineteen she married Casper Regli who was the
steward on the flagship of the Bohn and Cornelius line of ore carriers. She
sailed with him on the Great Lakes, visiting all the ports, which served to
whet her interest in distant places. In her mid twenties, her husband died. Her
reaction to this trauma was to pack her steamer trunk, book passage on an ocean
liner and make the first of many trips to Europe. This was not a two week tour
but an independent journey which took her to all parts of Europe and lasted for
months. At this time she learned first hand what war does to a country. In
Germany inflation was rampant and the economy was shambles. For an American
traveling there at that time it was unreal. She recalled that one time she went
to a bank to cash a ten dollar travelers check and the teller kept counting marks
in such quantity she needed a satchel to hold them. A first class ticket from
Berlin to Vienna cost eleven cents. What this was doing to the native population
was devastating. A worker would receive his salary one day and unless he spent the
whole at once, the next day it would only be enough to buy a loaf of bread. Under
these circumstances she met many families who were hardly surviving and when she
returned home, she began sending packages of food and clothing. She did this for
dozens of families out of her own pocket. She also placed milk bottles in Manitowoc
stores and collected funds in this way to provide milk for the children. As director
of the Mirro aluminum Test Kitchen she was responsible for creating recipes for
Mirro pots and pans, for testing such innovative utensils as the Mirro pressure pan,
for the training of 150 Mirro demonstrators stationed in department stores throughout
the country, for Mirro cookbooks, and she conducted cooking schools across the
country. She was also among the first home economists to televise cooking programs
over major television stations. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Meyer O'Meara of Richmond, Va.; two nieces,
Elda Kohls Vail of Racine, and Nancy Tegen VandenBoorn of New York City; four nephews,
Sean O'Meara of Bellingham, Wash., Kevin O'Mera of Los Angeles, Tom Tegen of Annapolis,
Md., and Jim Tegen of Hingham, Mass. There are numerous grandnieces and nephews. Also
surviving are many kind friends who made pleasant the days of this nonagenarian.
Memorial Services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 4, 1993, at the First
Lutheran Church Chapel, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Richard E. Lind officiating. Burial
will have taken place in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. The family will greet
friends at the chapel from 11 a.m. Saturday until services.
Memorials would be appreciated to First Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, of Manitowoc, is assisting with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, November 30, 1993 P. A2
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[widow of Casper Regli/bur. on Fred Tegen lot]
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Name: Martha T Regli
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1894
Death Date: 28 Nov 1993
Claim Date: 23 Nov 1960
SSN: 6575
Martha Tegen Regli died Sunday night, November 28, 1993, at Shady Lane Home,
Manitowoc.
Born 99 years ago, she was the eldest child of Fredrick and Marie Tegen. All
these years she was a resident of Manitowoc even though her work and her travels
and interests took her away for extended periods. She was educated in Manitowoc
schools. Residents will recall her as a lecturer, teacher and demonstrator of
cooking techniques. Nationally she was known at Laura Wilson, director of the
Mirro Aluminum Test Kitchen. At nineteen she married Casper Regli who was the
steward on the flagship of the Bohn and Cornelius line of ore carriers. She
sailed with him on the Great Lakes, visiting all the ports, which served to
whet her interest in distant places. In her mid twenties, her husband died. Her
reaction to this trauma was to pack her steamer trunk, book passage on an ocean
liner and make the first of many trips to Europe. This was not a two week tour
but an independent journey which took her to all parts of Europe and lasted for
months. At this time she learned first hand what war does to a country. In
Germany inflation was rampant and the economy was shambles. For an American
traveling there at that time it was unreal. She recalled that one time she went
to a bank to cash a ten dollar travelers check and the teller kept counting marks
in such quantity she needed a satchel to hold them. A first class ticket from
Berlin to Vienna cost eleven cents. What this was doing to the native population
was devastating. A worker would receive his salary one day and unless he spent the
whole at once, the next day it would only be enough to buy a loaf of bread. Under
these circumstances she met many families who were hardly surviving and when she
returned home, she began sending packages of food and clothing. She did this for
dozens of families out of her own pocket. She also placed milk bottles in Manitowoc
stores and collected funds in this way to provide milk for the children. As director
of the Mirro aluminum Test Kitchen she was responsible for creating recipes for
Mirro pots and pans, for testing such innovative utensils as the Mirro pressure pan,
for the training of 150 Mirro demonstrators stationed in department stores throughout
the country, for Mirro cookbooks, and she conducted cooking schools across the
country. She was also among the first home economists to televise cooking programs
over major television stations. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Meyer O'Meara of Richmond, Va.; two nieces,
Elda Kohls Vail of Racine, and Nancy Tegen VandenBoorn of New York City; four nephews,
Sean O'Meara of Bellingham, Wash., Kevin O'Mera of Los Angeles, Tom Tegen of Annapolis,
Md., and Jim Tegen of Hingham, Mass. There are numerous grandnieces and nephews. Also
surviving are many kind friends who made pleasant the days of this nonagenarian.
Memorial Services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 4, 1993, at the First
Lutheran Church Chapel, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Richard E. Lind officiating. Burial
will have taken place in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. The family will greet
friends at the chapel from 11 a.m. Saturday until services.
Memorials would be appreciated to First Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, of Manitowoc, is assisting with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, November 30, 1993 P. A2
*********
[widow of Casper Regli/bur. on Fred Tegen lot]
********
Name: Martha T Regli
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1894
Death Date: 28 Nov 1993
Claim Date: 23 Nov 1960
SSN: 6575
MARTHA T. REGLI
Martha Tegen Regli died Sunday night, November 28, 1993, at Shady Lane Home,
Manitowoc.
Born 99 years ago, she was the eldest child of Fredrick and Marie Tegen. All
these years she was a resident of Manitowoc even though her work and her travels
and interests took her away for extended periods. She was educated in Manitowoc
schools. Residents will recall her as a lecturer, teacher and demonstrator of
cooking techniques. Nationally she was known at Laura Wilson, director of the
Mirro Aluminum Test Kitchen. At nineteen she married Casper Regli who was the
steward on the flagship of the Bohn and Cornelius line of ore carriers. She
sailed with him on the Great Lakes, visiting all the ports, which served to
whet her interest in distant places. In her mid twenties, her husband died. Her
reaction to this trauma was to pack her steamer trunk, book passage on an ocean
liner and make the first of many trips to Europe. This was not a two week tour
but an independent journey which took her to all parts of Europe and lasted for
months. At this time she learned first hand what war does to a country. In
Germany inflation was rampant and the economy was shambles. For an American
traveling there at that time it was unreal. She recalled that one time she went
to a bank to cash a ten dollar travelers check and the teller kept counting marks
in such quantity she needed a satchel to hold them. A first class ticket from
Berlin to Vienna cost eleven cents. What this was doing to the native population
was devastating. A worker would receive his salary one day and unless he spent the
whole at once, the next day it would only be enough to buy a loaf of bread. Under
these circumstances she met many families who were hardly surviving and when she
returned home, she began sending packages of food and clothing. She did this for
dozens of families out of her own pocket. She also placed milk bottles in Manitowoc
stores and collected funds in this way to provide milk for the children. As director
of the Mirro aluminum Test Kitchen she was responsible for creating recipes for
Mirro pots and pans, for testing such innovative utensils as the Mirro pressure pan,
for the training of 150 Mirro demonstrators stationed in department stores throughout
the country, for Mirro cookbooks, and she conducted cooking schools across the
country. She was also among the first home economists to televise cooking programs
over major television stations. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Meyer O'Meara of Richmond, Va.; two nieces,
Elda Kohls Vail of Racine, and Nancy Tegen VandenBoorn of New York City; four nephews,
Sean O'Meara of Bellingham, Wash., Kevin O'Mera of Los Angeles, Tom Tegen of Annapolis,
Md., and Jim Tegen of Hingham, Mass. There are numerous grandnieces and nephews. Also
surviving are many kind friends who made pleasant the days of this nonagenarian.
Memorial Services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 4, 1993, at the First
Lutheran Church Chapel, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Richard E. Lind officiating. Burial
will have taken place in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. The family will greet
friends at the chapel from 11 a.m. Saturday until services.
Memorials would be appreciated to First Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, of Manitowoc, is assisting with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, November 30, 1993 P. A2
*********
[widow of Casper Regli/bur. on Fred Tegen lot]
********
Name: Martha T Regli
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1894
Death Date: 28 Nov 1993
Claim Date: 23 Nov 1960
SSN: 6575
Martha Tegen Regli died Sunday night, November 28, 1993, at Shady Lane Home,
Manitowoc.
Born 99 years ago, she was the eldest child of Fredrick and Marie Tegen. All
these years she was a resident of Manitowoc even though her work and her travels
and interests took her away for extended periods. She was educated in Manitowoc
schools. Residents will recall her as a lecturer, teacher and demonstrator of
cooking techniques. Nationally she was known at Laura Wilson, director of the
Mirro Aluminum Test Kitchen. At nineteen she married Casper Regli who was the
steward on the flagship of the Bohn and Cornelius line of ore carriers. She
sailed with him on the Great Lakes, visiting all the ports, which served to
whet her interest in distant places. In her mid twenties, her husband died. Her
reaction to this trauma was to pack her steamer trunk, book passage on an ocean
liner and make the first of many trips to Europe. This was not a two week tour
but an independent journey which took her to all parts of Europe and lasted for
months. At this time she learned first hand what war does to a country. In
Germany inflation was rampant and the economy was shambles. For an American
traveling there at that time it was unreal. She recalled that one time she went
to a bank to cash a ten dollar travelers check and the teller kept counting marks
in such quantity she needed a satchel to hold them. A first class ticket from
Berlin to Vienna cost eleven cents. What this was doing to the native population
was devastating. A worker would receive his salary one day and unless he spent the
whole at once, the next day it would only be enough to buy a loaf of bread. Under
these circumstances she met many families who were hardly surviving and when she
returned home, she began sending packages of food and clothing. She did this for
dozens of families out of her own pocket. She also placed milk bottles in Manitowoc
stores and collected funds in this way to provide milk for the children. As director
of the Mirro aluminum Test Kitchen she was responsible for creating recipes for
Mirro pots and pans, for testing such innovative utensils as the Mirro pressure pan,
for the training of 150 Mirro demonstrators stationed in department stores throughout
the country, for Mirro cookbooks, and she conducted cooking schools across the
country. She was also among the first home economists to televise cooking programs
over major television stations. She was a life member of the Order of the Eastern
Star.
She is survived by a sister, Margaret Meyer O'Meara of Richmond, Va.; two nieces,
Elda Kohls Vail of Racine, and Nancy Tegen VandenBoorn of New York City; four nephews,
Sean O'Meara of Bellingham, Wash., Kevin O'Mera of Los Angeles, Tom Tegen of Annapolis,
Md., and Jim Tegen of Hingham, Mass. There are numerous grandnieces and nephews. Also
surviving are many kind friends who made pleasant the days of this nonagenarian.
Memorial Services will be held 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 4, 1993, at the First
Lutheran Church Chapel, Manitowoc, with the Rev. Richard E. Lind officiating. Burial
will have taken place in the Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc. The family will greet
friends at the chapel from 11 a.m. Saturday until services.
Memorials would be appreciated to First Lutheran Church or the charity of your choice.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, of Manitowoc, is assisting with funeral arrangements.
Herald Times Reporter, November 30, 1993 P. A2
*********
[widow of Casper Regli/bur. on Fred Tegen lot]
********
Name: Martha T Regli
Birth Date: 4 Aug 1894
Death Date: 28 Nov 1993
Claim Date: 23 Nov 1960
SSN: 6575
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