Margaret Olive Kondrup

Margaret Kondrup of Milton NH passed away peacefully with her family holding her hands at Bellamy Fields in Dover on July 21st 2023  She was 84 years young. Margaret "Maggie" was born to Ivan Taylor and Myrtle Moody (Taylor) of Glen NH in 1938. She was predeceased by her brother Fred, sister Carolyn and husband Richard.  A small shout out to her pet pig Mustard Eddie Freddie Cleopatra as she loved to bring him up.  No one is sure if it was a boy or girl pig. She is survived by her brother Paul Taylor of Intervale NH, foster brother Carrol in Haverhill NH and her three sons.  Damon, David and Danny with their spouses Staci, Meagan, Naoko.  It is rumored that Damon was her favorite.  Nine grandchildren (Chihiro, Katarina, Killian, Liam, Kameron, Ryu, Amber, Misaki, and Kylie) and many nieces and nephews she was extremely fond of.  A special shout out to her adopted students and relatives at Bellamy Fields.  They were phenomenal in assisting her through her final world tour and the family is very appreciative. Maggie was always a devote Christian and often went to different services around the area just to mix it up over the years.  The Nute Ridge Bible Chapel was her last favorite. Maggie graduated at the higher end of her class in Bartlett NH (graduating class of 11 seniors) and proceeded to get her bachelor's from Barrington College in Rhode Island that set her off on a 34 year teaching career in Rochester.  Maggie was made for teaching first graders.  We still have her former students tell us she was their favorite teacher decades on.  She finally called it a career when the powers that be told her she could no longer hug her students.  "Kids need hugs and discipline", she would say.  Her own boys got more of the later side of that equation. Somehow, along with her storied teaching career, she managed to get married to the love of her life Richard and have three amazing boys, all while embarking on trips around the world. We lost count of the countries she has visited and hopefully Interpol has as well.  Maggie volunteered on archaeological digs in Switzerland for a Viking boat, Tonga to study giant clams and I think she dug something up in Egypt.  She loved connecting to the local people and they seemed to love her back judging by all the gifts she had accumulated. In her retirement years she would love to go antiquing and yard salering to decorate her barn house.   She daily went out to eat with friends.  One of her favorite sayings was that she "Only had a kitchen because it came with the house".   Maggie loved to drive her golf cart around the property with the grandkids in tow.  She only lost one occasionally. She liked to mow the fields on her beloved tractor.    She was still driving the tractor into her 80's until one of the mean sons took the keys away after she drove it into the garage on fire.  She said she didn't want me to have to work on it out in the field, so she raced it into the garage at top speed.  That's kind of the same way she drove her car also.  Never knew anybody who got more warnings and never a ticket than her. Mom loved flowers and would pick wild ones for the barn house.  Particularly purple ones as that is her favorite color.  But she hated dandelions.  I'm not sure if she hated yellow?  She would hand pluck a thousand of them in 90 degree heat in her 70's and put anybody to shame that tried to keep up and passed out face down in the dandelions like a wimp. We could continue on with this trend for some time.  But we would ask that folks coming to the Celebration of Life take a moment to write down on a card an event or memory of Maggie that makes them smile.  Names can be omitted if there are any active investigations you would rather avoid answering embarrassing questions about.  We will have a board to post them all on at the reception for friends to share and reminisce. In honor of her favorite color, please consider accessorizing your attire with something purple. In her remembrance, if you would like to make a donation - please consider bringing a box of school supplies to your local first grade teacher this fall.  Tell them Maggie sent you. The Celebration of Life will be held at 10 AM on Saturday July 29th at Edgerly's Funeral Home with a gathering to follow at the Mitchell Hill BBQ/Roberge Center. A private burial in the Bartlett cemetery will be held at a later date.