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Margaret "Peggy" Coyle
October 1, 1934 ~ August 11, 2012 (age 77) 77 Years OldShare using:
Margaret (Peggy) Coyle
October 1, 1934 – August 11, 2012
Margaret (Peggy) Coyle of Mishawaka, IN passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning, August 11, 2012. She is survived by her husband, Patrick Richards; and her five children, John Kennedy, Jr., Eileen (Terry) Maxey, Peggy (Gordon) Norquist, Rosemary (Pat) Ladewski, and Kathleen Kennedy. She is also survived by her children’s father, her former husband, Dr. John Kennedy, Sr.
Peggy was born October 1, 1934 in Presbyterian Hospital in Newark, New Jersey, to Patrick James Coyle and Bridget Harvey, both immigrants from Donegal, Ireland. One of nine children, she is survived by her sisters, Eileen Byrne, Kathleen Zipf, and Sally Cullen, all residing in New Jersey. She was preceded in death by her sister, Ann Cunningham; and her brothers, Patrick, James, Edward, and John.
Peggy was a natural athlete who won the few swimming and track competitions available to a young woman in those times. She was a rare beauty, and a devoted friend. She enjoyed sharing her deep love of poetry, whimsy, and birds. Her children will always remember to feed the birds.
She received her nursing degree at the age of fifty from Southwestern Michigan College and worked in the renal ward at Saint Joseph Medical Center for many years.
Throughout her life she supported many friends and strangers in need. She volunteered for Hospice, the Salvation Army, and the Chapin Street Clinic. She helped to establish Phoenix House in South Bend, the first half-way house for woman recovering from alcoholism. She was a devout Catholic.
Peggy understood, cherished, and celebrated childhood. She devoted tremendous energy and charm to the lives of her children and, later, her twenty-three grandchildren, caring for them in sickness, taking them on outings, and stimulating their imaginations with tales and amusements that they will never forget.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 AM Thursday, August 16, 2012 in Saint Joseph Catholic Church-Mishawaka 225 N. Mill Street, Mishawaka, IN. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday from 4:00 – 7:00 PM at Palmer Funeral Home – River Park, 2528 Mishawaka Ave., South Bend, IN. Burial will take place at Fairview Cemetery, Mishawaka.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Women’s Care Center, 2004 Ironwood Circle, South Bend, IN 46601 or the Center for Hospice Care, 111 Sunnybrook Ct., South Bend, IN 46637. The family is deeply grateful to the staff at Southfield Village for their kind and loving care. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.palmerfuneralhomes.com.
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