Margaret Helen Holtorp, a lifelong area resident, died on Wednesday, February 27, 2013, in hospice care. She was 93 years old.

Holtorp was born in Eagle River July 12, 1919. She owned and operated the Gayla Café for many years and later the Mir Christian Bookstore, both in Clearwater Lake.

She was a member of St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Three Lakes, the Eagle River VFW Auxiliary, the Three Lakes American Legion, and a Charter Member of the Three Lakes Historical Society.

Her hobbies included traveling, volunteering with the first-grade class in Three Lakes, playing in the Kitchen Band, and gardening.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Petra and Valentine Kauzlaric, her husband Eddie, five brothers and four sisters.

Survivors include her daughters, Susan (Tom) Murphy of Green Bay and Toni (Tim) Popp of Phillips; sons Ed (Kathy) and Gary, both of Clearwater Lake; four grandchildren;  and  four great- grandchildren.

Funeral services were held at St. Theresa’s Catholic  Church.