PEGGY M (DALY) WOODS

WESTFIELD – JOAN “PEGGY” M WOODS, 91, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY SURROUNDED BY HER LOVING FAMILY ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2022, IN WESTFIELD, MA.

PEGGY WAS BORN ON AUGUST 7, 1930, IN SPRINGFIELD, MA TO JOHN DALY AND MABEL (MEACHAM) DALY.

PEGGY WORKED AS AN OPERATOR AT VERIZON AND RETIRED AFTER 25 YEARS.

AS A YOUNG LADY PEGGY ENJOYED ROLLER SKATING AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE RIVERSIDE ROLLAWAY’S.

PEGGY WAS A LONGTIME PARISHIONER OF ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE PARISH IN WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

PEGGY WAS A TALENTED ARTIST.  SHE ENJOYED PAINTING AND DRAWING FOR HER FAMILY.  HER ARTWORK WAS SHOWN AT THE QUADRANGLE IN SPRINGFIELD, MA

FAMILY WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF PEGGY’S LIFE.  SHE IS REMEMBERED AS A GREAT MOTHER AND TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER HOW TO CARRY ON HER LOVING LEGACY.  SHE  WAS THE PROUD GRANDMOTHER TO JACOB, HER ONE, AND ONLY GRANDCHILD.  SHE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME GOING TO THE MOVIES, THE PARK, GOING OUT TO EAT, AND MANY OTHER ACTIVITIES WITH HER GRANDSON. 

PEGGY IS PREDECEASED BY HER PARENTS JOHN AND MABEL DALY, HER BROTHER JOHN DALY,  HER BROTHER-IN-LAW FRANCIS HAARMANN, AND HER NEPHEW KURT HAARMANN.

SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER DAUGHTER PAMELA SANBORN AND HER HUSBAND RICHARD SANBORN, JR OF WESTFIELD, MA, HER SISTER MARY HAARMANN OF EAST LONGMEADOW, MA, HER GRANDSON JACOB SANBORN OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA, HER SISTER-IN-LAW ROSE DALY, HER NEPHEW JEFF DALY AND HIS WIFE JANICE OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA, HER NIECES KAREN BAYETTE AND HER HUSBAND BILL OF HAMPDEN, MA, AND DENISE NIEVA OF SHUTESBURY, MA, ALONG WITH MANY OTHER GREAT NIECES AND NEPHEWS.

IN LIEU OF FLOWERS PLEASE CONSIDER A MEMORIAL DONATION TO DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, P.O. BOX 849168, BOSTON, MA 02284-9168   ONLINE DONATIONS MAY BE MADE BY VISITING DANA-FARBER.ORG

FAMILY AND FRIENDS WILL GATHER FOR A PERIOD OF VISITATION ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 2022 FROM 9:45 AM – 11:15 AM AT AVALON LIFE CELEBRATION CENTER & CREMATION SERVICES, LLC 691 COLLEGE HWY, SOUTHWICK, MA 01077  PROCEEDING TO ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE PARISH, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA FOR A LITURGY OF CHRISTIAN BURIAL AT 12 NOON.  BURIAL WILL FOLLOW AT ST THOMAS CEMETERY, WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA

TO EXPRESS CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OR TO SHARE A MEMORY PLEASE VISIT PEGGY’S MEMORIAL PAGE AT WWW.AVALONCELEBRATIONS.COM

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