November 29, 1919 – May 11, 2024
Margaret “Mickie” Bangert was a member of the “Greatest Generation.” Born to A.J. and Echo Misner in Los Angeles just after the Influenza Pandemic of 1918, she lived through the Great Depression, historic Southern California earthquakes and floods, World War I and II and all the wars and world-wide political upheaval since.
Towards the end of World War II the government was desperate for teachers and she graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a Masters of Education along with her husband and high-school sweetheart, Walter Bangert. A highlight of her university career was working and living at The International House on the Berkeley campus where she and Walt made lifelong friends. They moved to La Jolla in 1949 where Walt taught for 24 years at La Jolla High School. She taught at several San Diego elementary and middle-schools in the San Diego area. Over the years, Mickie became a Bible scholar, and American History enthusiast. Mickie was a “thoroughly Modern Millie,” embracing any new technologies which came along to help her continue to move forward in life.
Her last teaching assignment was at Collier Jr. High School in Pt. Loma (now Correia Middle School). In the 1970s, the State legislature mandated that Special Education classes be formed and taught. Leaning on her own experience with her special needs daughter, Peggy, Mickie was the first to develop an entire curriculum on her own since none had been provided. This curriculum was then successfully further developed throughout the region.
Mickie and Walt were a couple who kept both their high-school and university friends, always volunteered for positions of help in any community in which they lived and had an active social life. After retiring from teaching, they spent many happy years traveling the country in various vehicles, meeting up with old friends, and spending time in Julian where they had a permanent trailer. Their “happy place” was always any beach or pool and when not traveling, that’s where they would be.
During this time Mickie embarked on her second career as a real estate agent in La Jolla. She was a businesswoman at heart and real estate had always been an avocation.
Mickie astonished everyone with her physical and mental stamina. She was extremely disciplined and did everything she could to remain healthy, informed, and engaged. She died with her caretakers and daughters in attendance one day before her 76th Mother’s Day.
She is survived and lovingly remembered by her daughters, Christine (Reed) and Peggy, her grandchildren, Colin Harris (Lana), Kristi Derby (Kevin), and Tiffany Tibbetts (Chris) and her six great-grandchildren, Keegan, Jack, Tustin, Rose, Lainie and Xander. Special thanks to her dedicated caretakers, Lucy Buenavista and family, Jennie Diego, and Nona Arreola. Cabrillo Hospice ably supported the family and caretakers during this past year. She was an admired member of her neighborhood in University City, and special thanks to The Pool Ladies and others who provided her with friendship, meals, baked goods and stimulating conversation.
Mickie was a dedicated member of the Fourth Church, Christ Scientist, La Jolla. At her death, she was one of the oldest members of the Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning at the University of California, San Diego. She was a proud member of the San Diego Democratic Club. She will be interred at Rosecrans National Cemetery with Walter, who passed away in 1999. Mickie asked that any donations be made to The Baja Animal Sanctuary, 10606 Camino Ruiz, #8, PMB #172, San Diego, CA 92126.
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