ARLINGTON -- Margaret Mary "Peggy" Falke passed away Monday, Dec. 8, 2014.
Funeral Mass: 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16, at St. Maria Goretti Catholic Church in Arlington. Visitation: 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 15, in Emerald Hills Memorial Chapel in Kennedale, with a rosary at 7 p.m.
Peggy was born July 5, 1935, in Chicago, Ill., to John and Margaret Bruen. She was at times a religious novice, a nurse, a youth worker, a pre-kindergarten teacher and, for 15 years, a Foster Elementary pre-K volunteer. She cherished being a wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and was a devout Catholic. Peggy loved flowers and working in her garden.
She was preceded in death by her parents and stepfather, John "Jack" Kealy.
Survivors: Her loving husband of 52 years, John Falke; children, Tim Falke, Ken Falke and Annette Shirley; grandchildren, Chris Shirley, Alex Shirley and Melissa Shirley; great-grandchild, Tensley Shirley; sister, Anne Kealy; and brother, John Kealy.