Margaret 'Meg' Hahr, 41

Margaret "Meg" Hahr, 41, of Munising, Mich., died suddenly on June 21, 2009, following a mountain bike accident. Meg was born on Nov. 19, 1967, in Plainfield, N.J.

After graduating from Rutgers University, her loving and adventurous spirit brought her to Niger, Africa, with the Peace Corps. Her passion for the outdoors led her to employment with the National Park Service in 1998, while completing her master's degree at the University of Montana. It was during this time that she met her husband, Sidney Shaw, and they began their life together.

Her service with the Park Service allowed them to live in such beautiful places as Glacier National Park, Klondike Goldrush National Park in Skagway, Alaska, Kenai Fjords National Park in Seward, Alaska, and most recently Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising. She was chief of science and natural resources in Pictured Rocks when she died.

Meg was always one to fully engage in the act of living life, and to participate at all levels, at all times. Her kindness was infectious, and her energy and spirit inspirational. She completed a yoga instructor's course in Costa Rica, and was constantly exploring the outdoors and the world with her husband and friends. She was an amazingly balanced and centered individual who knew how to find and celebrate the joys in life, and who touched all our lives for the better.

Meg is survived by her husband, Sidney Shaw, of Munising; her parents, Arthur and Barbara Hahr, of Plainfield, N.J.; and her sister and brother-in-law, Nancy and Neil Weidner, and their family.

A memorial service will be held today, June 25, in Munising, and on Saturday, June 27, in Short Hills, N.J.

A memorial service will be held at 4 p.m. Friday, July 3, in Glacier National Park, at the Avalanche Campground Amphitheatre. A potluck dinner and gathering will be held immediately after this memorial service at Montana Raft Company old Highway 2 in West Glacier.

Additional services will be held in Alaska at a later date.

Since Meg felt most at home outdoors and believed in the preservation of wilderness areas, a fund has been established with the Nature Conservancy in her name. Donations to this fund, in Meg's name and honor, are preferred to flowers or other memorials.

Please call this number or send money to the following address, and mention that the donation is in Meg's name: Nature Conservancy, P.O. Box 6020, Albert Lea, MN 56007-9824, account no. 12005888; 1-800-628-6860.