Margaretha Rose "Margo" Haas

Margaretha Rose "Margo" (Lyman) Haas, 82, wife of the late Wallace J. Haas, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 1st at Middlesex Hospital. Born in Middletown, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Henrietta (Popp) Lyman.
She leaves her oldest brother, John Lyman, and his wife Viola, of Oreno, ME, and her only son, Cliff Haas, and his wife Julie, of Rocky Hill; two grandchildren, J.T. Lambert, and his wife Adrienne, of Glen Allen, VA and Kaitlyn Lambert of Hartford; four great grandchildren, Joseph, Annabel, and James Lambert, of Glen Allen, VA and Skyler Santana of Hartford, and several in-laws, nieces, and nephews who all loved her dearly.
Margo graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Mary A. Burnham School for Girls, a finishing school in MA. After graduating she worked as a secretary at Middlesex Hospital until June of 1952, when she married Wallace Haas. One year and five days later she gave birth to Cliff. In her later years, Margo returned to Middlesex Hospital as a volunteer in the Gift Shop. Margo was also a lifetime member of Holy Trinity Church in Middletown.
She was an accomplished pianist and owned an Acrosonic spinet all of her adult life. Her favorite hobby was doing cross-word puzzles in the newspapers. She picked that up from her father who always completed the same puzzles with an ink pen and she would compete with him in pencil. Another of her favorite hobbies was reading books and magazines, especially ones specializing in food preparation and home decorating, enjoyed gardening and grew beautiful flowers around her home, and belonged to a local Bridge Club from the South Farms. Margo's absolute favorite thing to do was to travel.
Her father's favorite hobby was swordfishing and named his boat, "Margaretha Rose" after her, so it was fitting that Margo always adored beaches and the sea. She was a strong swimmer. In the mid-1960's she and her husband Wally purchased a cottage on Jobs Pond in Portland and enjoyed many years entertaining friends and family, swimming, and simply enjoying their waterfront property during the summer.
Funeral services for Margo Haas will be held on Saturday, May 11th at 1:00 PM at Doolittle Funeral Home, 14 Old Church Street, Middletown. Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.doolittlefuneralservice.com.