Madeline Agnes Middlesteadt, age 84, of Holly Springs, NC, passed away on April 29, while traveling in Marrakech, Morocco. She is survived by her husband of 62 years Roger Middlesteadt, her son Wayne Middlesteadt and wife Susan Slingland, son Douglas Middlesteadt and wife Britannia Wheeler, daughter Rachel Ellerson and husband Edward Ellerson,and five grandchildren and two great grand-children. She was born in the Bronx, New York, to her parents Joseph and Anna Gitzing on August 10, 1939. At the age of two, she moved with her parents to Linden, New Jersey, where she attended Linden public schools and met her future husband in her sophomore year of high school. They married at West Point, NY on June 10, 1961, after they both graduated from college. Her love of travel began in 1962 when they travelled to Europe on the SS United States for her husband’s first military assignment in Munich, Germany. When her husband was assigned to Viet Nam, she taught elementary school in Linden and then again for two years when her husband studied for a Masters Degree. When her husband retired in 1998, they moved to Pine Knoll Shores, NC. She was active in the town’s country club (proud of a hole-in-one), social organizations, and bridge groups. In 2018, she and her husband moved to Holly Springs to be closer to their children. She was an enthusiastic follower of her grandchildren’s athletic activities and cherished the times watching grandchildren during year-round school vacation breaks. Madeline traveled extensively to other parts of the world enjoying its beauty, making new acquaintances, and learning how others lived. She will be greatly missed by family and friends.
A funeral mass service will be held for her at St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic Church in Apex at 11:00 AM, June 6, followed by interment in the church’s columbarium. In lieu of flowers, donations to Phoenix Rising Border Collie Rescue, 5760 Oaks Hart Road, Wadamalaw Island, SC 29487 are welcome.
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