Margaret L. Hartt, at one time a favorite waitress of legendary gangster Al Capone, died Wednesday at Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington. USA

She lived at 1115 Rainier Ave. N. in Bremerton and was 83 yrs of age .Born July 25, 1901 in Sacranton, Pa., she moved to Chicago in the mid 1920s and was a waitress at the Old Chicago Athletic Club, stopping place for Capone.

She married Kenneth Hartt in San Diego April 2, 1931.  He was with the Navy, and the couple lived in many parts of the world, including Pearl Harbor during World War ll.  They settled here in 1949.

Her husband Kenneth died in 1981.

She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Bremerton.  She also was a past worthy matron of Reliance Chapter No. 70, a member of the Order of Eastern Star, a member of the Order of the Amaranth, a high priestess of the White Shrine, a member of Estruleta and a past president of the Intercity and Interstate Garden Club.

She also was a member of the Homemaker Club, Navy Wives and the Orthopedic Guild.  She has been a mother advisor of the Bremerton Rainbow.

Survivors include two daughters, Gloria ( Mrs. Robert  ???? and ???? (Mrs. Ed. Walerski of Jackson, Michigan; two sons, Harold Shoemaker of Pottstown, Pa. and Arthur Shoemaker of Indianapolis, Ind.; numerous grandchildren and great-grand children; and one great-great grandson.

Memorial services will be Tuesday at 2 P.M. at the First Baptist Church. Entombment will be at the Sunrise Terrace Mausoleum at Forest Lawn Cemetery. Arrangements are by the Lewis Funeral Chapel
Taken from  the Newspaper THE SUN   October 27, 1984 page 4