(ANOKA) – Former Anoka County Commission Chair Margaret Landfeld died on April 6.

Former Anoka County Commission Chair and Blaine City Council Member Margaret Langfeld has died at age 76.
Langfeld served on the commission from 1982 to 2006. She was the first-ever woman elected chair.
She also was a Blaine City Council member, and also was the first-ever woman elected to that body.
Langfeld was co-founder of Alexandra House, Anoka County’s first domestic violence shelter.
Margaret Langfeld is survived She is survived by her husband Jim, her six children, 14 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
She was 76 years old.