March 18, 1952 ~ April 27, 2023
ON THURSDAY APRIL 27, MARGARET "PEGGY" ROOD, LOVING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, SISTER, AND FRIEND, PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 71, IN SPRINGFIELD, NEBRASKA.
MARGARET WAS BORN ON MARCH 18, 1952, IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA TO JAMES AND MARGARET MAGUIRE. PEGGY WAS THE OLDEST OF NINE SIBLINGS. SHE GRADUATED IN 1970 FROM SAINT CECILIA CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL. PEGGY MET THE LOVE OF HER LIFE VERNON ROOD AND THEY WOULD GET MARRIED ON APRIL 18, 1980, AND WELCOME THIER SON MARC IN 1983.
PEGGY HAD A LOVE FOR GENEOLOGY AND ANY AND EVERYTHING FAMILY. YOU COULD FIND HER SPENDING TIME WITH HER SON, GRANDCHILDREN OR GOING JUNKING WITH HER CLOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS. PEGGY WAS KNOWN FOR HER INFECTIOUS SMILE, AND HER KIND AND COMPASSIONATE SPIRIT.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER SON, MARC AND HIS WIFE, ALEXIS ROOD. HER GRANDCHILDREN NATALIE, ISLA, EVERETT, AND OWEN ROOD. HER BROTHERS JIM (ANNE) MAGUIRE, BILL (LARAE) MAGUIRE, BOB MAGUIRE, JOHN (CHARLIE) MAGUIRE, DAN MAGUIRE, AND STEVE MAGUIRE. SEVERAL COUSINS AND MANY LOVING FRIENDS.
A CELEBRATION OF LIFE WILL BE HELD AT THE SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY CENTER ON SATURDAY, MAY 13, 2023, FROM 12PM – 4PM. 104 MAIN ST. SPRINGFIELD, NE 68059 – A LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED. FLOWERS, DONATIONS, AND CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO 13003 JENNIFER ST. SPRINGFIELD, NE 68059.
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