Wednesday, September 8, 2021
Peggy; a life long presence to me. My first cousin, older by 13 years and always there. As a helper to my mom, after school in Woodside, and later as a true friend with her beloved Don by her side. I remember babysitting for her “boys” and then becoming a part of their extended family as they grew up and married. Peggy was never the noisy one, preferring to chat more one to one. She was always up for a party though and would drive from her home in Massapequa to my home in New Jersey to join a ladies luncheon with her sister Mary and my sisters. Peggy had no sense of direction, so this was indeed quite an undertaking. She told me that she would get in the left lane of the Cross Bronx Expressway and stay there knowing it would get her over the GW Bridge on the upper level to NJ. She was unflappable in almost any situation and loved babies, any baby. A warm presence, with her red lipstick and beach chair in hand as she walked the dunes to join the group in Hither Hills. Montauk, the place she met the love of her life. Don. She will be greatly missed by her children and grandchildren and by all of us who knew her. With fondness and love, Bettyanne, David and Emily.
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