Peggy Irwin Weigle
January 10, 2022
Peggy Irwin Weigle, 92, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 10, 2022, at Oak Hammock Retirement Community in Gainesville, FL. Peggy was born on May 13, 1929, in Ishpeming, MI, daughter of the late William and Mary (Polly) Irwin. After graduating from Ishpeming High School in 1947, she attended Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, MI, where she was a member of the Mu Phi Epsilon music sorority and earned a degree in music with a minor in special education. She married George L. Weigle on October 17, 1950 and the two of them lived in California, Oklahoma, Texas, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Florida and raised three children. In addition to being a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. Peggy was an English teacher, music teacher, church organist, choir director, vocalist and piano teacher. She was also active in local garden and book clubs and volunteered at libraries and crisis hotlines. Peggy loved swimming and enjoyed traveling throughout the United States and the World. She also spent a lot of time working on jigsaw and crossword puzzles. In her later years, she was blessed to have a special companion, a miniature dachshund named Emma, who was never far from her side. Peggy is survived by her three children, Diane Weigle of Alachua, FL, Christine (Chuck) Benedict of Townsend, DE and Glenn Weigle of New Market, MD, five grandchildren, Kristin Roberts, Leland Benedict, Jennifer Weigle, Jacob Benedict, and Matthew Benedict, two great-grandchildren, Coralie Roberts, and Bruce Benedict, three nieces and two nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two sisters, Sue (Jack) Sharrer and Marge (Robert)Kressin, cousins Bobby Hart and Rosemary Clark, nephew Paul Kressin, and daughter-in-law Elizabeth Weigle. A memorial service will be held at a suitable time later in the year.
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So sorry for your loss Glen, I have never met your mother, but knowing you speaks volumes of the person she was. May she rest in peace.
She had a wonderful life and fabulous family. She lives on in you.
My next door neighbor and book club buddy. Rest In Peace, Peggy.
Diane,
I’m so sorry about the loss of your mother. Know that she is at peace and that you were a great daughter. Love you my friend.
Rest in peace Aunt Peggy. I will always feel happy when I remember your kind and loving spirit. Love, Jim
So sorry to hear of your loss; I know your family had remained close.
All of us grandkids were incredibly lucky to have such a warm, loving grandmother. Grandma is a big part of many of my best memories, from singing songs, reading books, making shrinky dinks, and going to the beach together when I was little to traveling and making pasties and saffron bread with her in more recent years. I'm looking forward to keeping her spirit alive by passing down a lot of the Irwin/Weigle family traditions to Coralie. We all love and miss you so much, Grandma!
Adding this photo because some people will remember mom as "Emma's mom". She loved her little dachshund, Emma, and took her along on all of her domestic travels.
Even a year later and we still miss her. I feel very blessed to have had her as a grandma. She was so warm and caring, she left a lasting impact on everyone who was lucky enough to know her.