Glens Falls, NY – It is with great sadness that the family of Margot H. Luhrmann announces her passing, at home, surrounded by her family on September 1, 2025, at the age of ninety-one.

Margot was born on December 6, 1933, to Joseph and Frieda Hefner in Middle Village, Queens, NY. The eldest of four children born to German immigrants, her first language was German. She attended PS 71 in Ridgewood, Queens and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School. A product of her times, as a daughter and the eldest child of two hardworking parents (a carpenter and seamstress) she was expected to help with the housework and look after her youngest siblings. Willy was two years younger, Anita eight years, and the baby of the family Joe, was fourteen years her junior. Upon graduation, she had the grades and a desire for college. But in her family, college was for the sons, and the daughters were expected to work and help support the family. Her father got her an interview with his employer, Western Electric and she started in the stenographer room at their headquarters in lower Manhattan. Within five years Margot was promoted several times, finally becoming a private secretary to one of the executives. She was always proud that when she left her job to get married her salary was higher than Dad's was as an Air Force lieutenant.

In 1955, Margot married the love of her life and her Middle Village childhood sweetheart, Carl Luhrmann. They had grown up on the same block. Margot had tutored Carl in German while he was a freshman in college in Brooklyn. After the wedding, they honeymooned while driving across the US to Travis Air Force Base in California for the start of Margot's twenty-three years as an Air Force officer's wife. They were soon transferred to Roswell, New Mexico, where there was big adjustment from Manhattan secretary to her married military life in a small town in the rural southwest. While in Roswell, their two sons, Carl Jr. and Craig were born. Changes were in store, to the boys born in the desert heat, when they were transferred to the bitter cold of Loring AFB in northern Maine where their sister Lynne arrived in 1961.

Margot was the consummate Air Force officer's wife, looking after the kids and leading the household through numerous moves, deployments and Carl's two tours of duty overseas during the Vietnam War. All the while hosting parties and meeting the necessary social requirements to keep her husband's Air Force career on track. Once the children were old enough, she went back to work. First as the bookkeeper for the base thrift shop at Wright-Patterson in Dayton, OH and for many years as the office manager for an interior decorating business after they had moved to New Hampshire. As a naturally skilled hostess, Margot was an exceptional cook with an extensive list of specialties and family favorites. When the kids were in college, she even took cooking classes to expand her repertoire of global cuisines. She loved making every effort to impress, especially during the holidays, passing on her family's traditional recipes for Christmas stollen and German spätzle. Since 1989, Margot and Carl Jr. had jointly prepared the family's Thanksgiving feast, cooking the same lavish menu, hosted annually at Carl & Judy's home in Glens Falls.

Another key part of Margot's personality was her competitive nature, leading to a lifelong love for games. As an Air Force officer's wife from the 1950s through the 70s, Bridge was her game of choice, but Margot loved them all- Mahjong, Scrabble, Monopoly, and Rummikub were among her favorites. More recently at the family's Winnipesaukee lake house, the grandkids had taught her their favorite drinking game; President, more commonly known as "A**hole". It was not her favorite, but she loved playing any game with her family and especially her beloved grandchildren. After Carl had retired from the military, he made good on a years old promise and they moved back to the northeast where they enjoyed many years and made innumerable friends in and around their home in Windham, NH. After Carl's passing, Margot moved to The Glen in Queensbury, NY to be closer to Carl Jr., Judy, Lynne, and her brother Willy and his wife Eleanor and their family. She loved her beautiful apartment and was a game-playing, social dynamo during her two years there. Luckily, she was able to stay in her own place up to her passing.

Margot will be lovingly remembered by her children, Carl (Judy), Craig (Laura) and Lynne and her seven beloved grandchildren, Jon, Joe, Eric, Andrew (Ellie), Stephen, Anna (Reuben) and Nicole. In addition, she is survived by her younger brother Willy (Eleanor) and her many nephews and nieces. Margot was predeceased by her husband Carl in 2021, her younger sister Anita, her youngest brother Joe (just a few weeks ago), and her youngest granddaughter Amilia Rose in 2003.

The Luhrmanns would like to especially thank Margot's caregivers at The Glen, Clara, Cheryl, Joan and Pam for their herculean efforts in addition to all the friends and family for their kindness, help and support over the months. A Celebration of Life will be planned for later this fall.