Margaret 'Peggy' B. Thompson

WASSAIC — Margaret “Peggy†B. Thompson, 82, a devoted wife, mother and lifelong Amenia resident, died Dec. 29, 2010, with her family by her side at the Sharon Health Care Center.  

She was born Sept. 21, 1928, in Sharon, the daughter of the late Jane “Jenny†(Edgeworth) and Christopher Murphy. She was a graduate of Amenia High School.

On June 28, 1947, in Amenia  she married Kenneth J. Thompson, who survives at home.  

Mrs. Thompson worked at the Sharon Health Care Center for nine years, retiring in 2001.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by six daughters, Linda Winchcombe and her husband, Fred, of Wassaic, Nancy Nowak and her husband, John, of West Palm Beach, Fla., Sandra Corrigan of West Palm Beach, Patricia Millius and her husband, Robert, of Millerton, Susan Thompson and her husband, Tony Raneri, of Louisville, Colo., and Deirdre Epstein and her husband, Steven, of New Milford; two sisters, Jane Matta of Houston, Texas, and Joan Murphy of Amenia; five grandchildren, Sean Winchcombe, Andrew Nowak, Sara Chandra, Amanda Parker and Zachary Nowak; two great-grandchildren, Kira Winchcombe and Katelyn Chandra; and several nieces and nephews.  

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by three brothers, Thomas F. Murphy, Christopher F. Murphy and Joseph W. Murphy.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated Jan. 3 at Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia. Burial followed at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia.  

Memorial contributions may be made to the Wassaic Rescue Squad, Firehouse Road, Wassaic, NY  12592.  

Arrangements are under the care of the Hufcut Funeral Home in Dover Plains. To send the family an online condolence, go to hufcutfuneralhome.com.