Margaret Mae Lentz (1925-2023), formerly lived in Bremerton and later in Shelton, WA.

Affectionately known as Mimi, Margaret was always the family member who brought everyone together for Thanksgiving or Christmas at John and Margaret’s Bremerton home, or a summertime gathering at Lost Lake.  Mimi was born in Elma, Grays Harbor County, WA, on September 27, 1925 as Margaret Mae Newquist and was raised in Tacoma.  She and John had three children: son Frank George Lentz and two daughters, Carol Ann Lentz Cornish Smyth and Janet Lentz Breuel.  Mimi’s love of family inspired her to hunt for long-lost relatives through her genealogy searches. She was always busy with hobbies, such as photography, making dollhouses, sewing clothing, and creating all sorts of needlework mementos to commemorate special family birthdays and weddings. She loved to waterski, and her last jump in the lake was in 2019.

Donor’s husband, John George Lentz, was born in Chehalis in 1920, died in Bremerton in 2005 and is buried at Mountain View Memorial Park in Lakewood WA.  He married Mimi in Shelton WA in 1950 when she was 24 and he was 29.  He worked as a cutterman (operator of a machine for cutting rolls of paper to a specific length) for Rayonier, Inc. in Shelton.  After relocating to Bremerton, John worked as a City Street Department equipment operator and by 1982 became Foreman of the City Street Department.  Mimi worked as an office secretary for Bremerton School District and volunteered with the Puget Sound Genealogical Society.