Margaret "Maggie" Ann Breimhurst

Age 81 of Saint Paul & Vadnais Heights Passed on November 28, 2022 after unexpected rapid leukemia. Maggie was born October 10, 1941 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She graduated from Our Lady of Peace (OLP) high school and from The College of Saint Catherine. She was married to her husband, Larry Breimhurst, for over 50 years and with him raised her five children. As a child and teenager, Maggie participated extensively in the Festival of Nations performing traditional Hungarian dance. She was a ballet dancer with the Andahazy Ballet Borealis Company. In her teens she had the honor to dance as a guest/extra for other ballet troupes. Venues included Northrop Auditorium and Orchestra Hall in the Twin Cities, among others. At age 16 she danced as an extra with the London Ballet Company; at age 17 she performed with The Centennial Ballet Company. At 18 she danced in The St. Paul Civic Opera Association's presentation of "Kismet - A Musical Arabian Night." In 1962 she danced with the University of Minnesota Modern Dance Group at half-time during the homecoming game. As a young woman, Maggie lived in Hutchinson, Minnesota, working at 3M. Maggie married Larry Breimhurst in 1965, began selflessly devoting herself to her family, raising five children. She and Larry took their children camping, and explored the world with them on trips across the country and across the borders. At the lake cabin she taught them how to live simply and joyfully in the outdoors. By their sides she demonstrated and taught each of her children to ice-skate, snow-ski, water-ski, dance, and play musical instruments. Without exception, Maggie created the most elegant, ceremonious, and beautifully decorated holiday celebrations for her family. Maggie embraced studio arts as a career, teaching at Cretin-Derham High School, displaying her art in community galleries, participating in art crawls, and periodically learning to work with new techniques and media. As recently as this summer of 2022, she displayed a piece at the Shoreview Community Center, and over the years did so at various galleries in the Twin Cities and the across the region, including the College of Saint Catherine, The White Bear Lake Center for the Arts, the River Falls Public Library, Studio 96, and others. Maggie learned and became a T'ai Chi Chih instructor, and also embraced healing touch arts, learning Reiki and volunteering her skills at Woodwinds Hospital in Woodbury. In recent years she was involved with Blue House Uganda, an organization to benefit vulnerable children in Uganda. Throughout her life, Maggie loved to travel and did so extensively throughout the United States, Europe, Central and South America, and India. She loved to fly in small aircraft and was enthralled by the beautiful views and the exhilaration that she experienced in the skies. Maggie will be dearly missed by her loving family and friends. Preceded in death by husband Lawrence "Larry" Breimhurst, Parents Mary and Martin Sweger. Survived by: Sisters Marcia "Marcy" Casper and Mary "Mitzi" Crowley. Brother-in-law Louis (Mary) Breimhurst. Beloved Children: Steven (Grace) Breimhurst, Lisa (Bruce) Petersen, Margit (Matthew) McKee, Martin (Elizabeth) Breimhurst, Karen (Andrew) Heimdahl. Cherished grandchildren: Corinne (Paul) Prososki, Dan (Jackie) Breimhurst, Kevin (Lauren) Breimhurst, Tony Breimhurst, Ken (Bobbi) Petersen, Aaron (Tara) Petersen, Heather Petersen, April Petersen, Edwin McKee, Katherine Breimhurst, and Alessandra Breimhurst. Precious great-grandchildren: Veronica Prososki, Gabriel Prososki, Joseph Prososki, Ami Laugerude, Sienna Petersen. Numerous treasured nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, other family members and friends. Visitation 4 - 8:00 PM Sunday, December 4th at Holcomb-Henry-Boom-Purcell Funeral Home (515 Hwy 96 W., Shoreview). Mass of Christian Burial 10:30 AM Monday, December 5th at Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church (Stanford at Prior Ave's, St. Paul) with visitation one hour prior to Mass at church Monday. Luncheon will be served for family and friends following the funeral mass, location to be announced at mass. Interment Resurrection Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to Blue House Uganda (blue-house.org)

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Margaret "Maggie" Ann Breimhurst

October 10, 1941 - November 28, 2022

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Margaret "Maggie" Ann Breimhurst

October 10, 1941 - November 28, 2022

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