Margo Lorenz

Margit Markus was born to Jewish parents, Erika Scharfstein (Austrian-British international contract bridge player, known as Rixi Markus; 1910-1992) and Salomon Markus, who had been a shoe-maker in Austria. Her parents' marriage was stormy and ended in divorce after a protracted legal battle. Margit (later known as Margo or Margot) married an American academic, Frederick Meeker (died December 31, 2015), with whom she was happily wed until her death in Los Angeles, California, in 1976 from cancer. The union was childless. She predeceased her mother and her husband by many years.