Margaret Schlegel Fontana, 91, and resident of Charter House in Rochester, died Saturday, January 30, 2016, at St. Mary's Hospital.

She was born July 25, 1924 to Lloyd and Anna Margaret Schlegel in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

She attended Wellesley College, then Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania.

She was the first woman accepted to a surgical residency program at Philadelphia General Hospital. There, she met Robert Scott Fontana, and they were married September 26, 1953. They then moved to Rochester, Minnesota where her husband Robert completed an internal medicine fellowship at the Mayo Clinic before joining the thoracic disease section at Mayo.

Margaret raised their five children, after which she returned to medicine in obstetrics and gynecology. She practiced for the next thirteen years with the Olmsted Medical Group, retiring in 1989.

She is survived by her four children, Scott (Peggy) Fontana of Lakeville, Elizabeth (Dave) Remy of Hingham Massachusetts, Christopher (Laura) Fontana of Warrenville, Illinois and Kathryn (Charles) Dale of Fox Island, Washington, as well as six grandchildren, Sarah, Charles Jr., Patrick, Lisa, Laura and Kara.

She is also survived by her sister, Kathryn (Douglas) Kaufman of Wyomissing, Pennsylvania.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert, son Mark, brother William Schlegel and her parents.

A Memorial Service will be celebrated at Charter House on Friday, February 5, 2016 at 10:30AM. Father John Lasuba will officiate. Interment will take place at Calvary Cemetery (500 11th Avenue NE, Rochester, 55906.)

Memorial donations may be made to the American Lung Association (490 Concordia Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55103; www.lung.org.)

Online condolences are welcome at www.mackenfuneralhome.com.