* Margaret F. Fahringer; Retired Grocery Clerk

Margaret Florence Fahringer, a retired grocery clerk, died Saturday at a Ventura nursing home. She was 90.

Fahringer was born May 25, 1910, in Cincinnati. When she was 18 months old, she and her older sister moved to Hungary with their maternal grandmother and an aunt. The children were unable to return to this country until Fahringer was about 12 because of the start of World War I.

She attended Venice High School and lived in the Venice and Culver City areas until 1990, when she moved to Ventura County.

In 1932, she married Raymond Fahringer Sr., and the couple had three sons. She worked for Arden Farms and then became a grocery checker for Mayfair Markets. She was a member of the United Food & Commercial Workers International Union.

She enjoyed cooking Hungarian meals and outdoor gardening and was an accomplished seamstress who often made her own tailored clothes. She was also a member of the Culver City Women’s Club.

Fahringer is survived by sons Michael of Camarillo and Stephen of Las Vegas; eight grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; a son, Raymond Jr.; sister Virginia De La Garrigue; brother Charles Mariner; and grandson Jeremy Fahringer.

A graveside service is scheduled at 11 a.m. Saturday at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Treacy Villa Residential Care Facility in Ventura or TLC Hospice in Moorpark.

Arrangements are under the direction of the Ted Mayr Funeral Home in Ventura.