Margaret 'Peggy' Ellen Thompson

IN MEMORY OF
MARGARET ELLEN
“PEGGY”
THOMPSON

BORN
September
27, 1952
Hot Springs, South Dakota

PASSED AWAY
December
28, 2007
Salem, Oregon

MEMORIAL SERVICE
3:00 P.M. Saturday, January 12, 2008
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home
Sheldon, Iowa
Rev. David Brower ~ officiating




Arrangements under the care of
Vander Ploeg Funeral Home of Sheldon, Iowa

MARGARET “PEGGY” ELLEN THOMPSON

Margaret “Peggy” Ellen Thompson, the daughter of James Allison and Shirley (Palmer) Pfeiler, was born September 27, 1952 in Hot Springs, South Dakota. She received her education in Hot Springs and graduated from Hot Springs High School in 1970. She went on to attend two years of college at Mankato State University in Mankato, Minnesota, where she studied music. Peggy was united in marriage to Donald Lee Thompson on December 30, 1979 at Holy Family Catholic Church in Lake Crystal, Minnesota. He preceded her in death on March 31, 2004 in Sheldon, Iowa after 24 years of marriage. Peggy worked for seven years as a Certified Nurse’s Assistant in Lake Crystal, Minnesota group homes. She then went on to be an Administrative Director in assisted living facilities in Minnesota and later in Sheldon, Iowa. Those she worked for called her “their marketing genius”. Peggy passed away on Friday, December 28, 2007, after a courageous 2½ year battle with Pancreatic Cancer at her sister’s home in Salem, Oregon, surrounded by her loving family, reaching the age of 55 years, 3 months and 1 day.
While living in Minnesota, Peg had a horse breeding business and raised Persian Cats. In Iowa, Peggy enjoyed singing, dancing and Karaoke. She loved her many friends from all over the world that she met in on-line chat rooms. She was the life of the party.
Peggy was a fun loving, caring mother of two children, Adam Nathanial Thompson of Mankato, Minnesota and Kathryn “Katie” Rose Wollman of George, Iowa and a grandmother of three, Kelsei, Donavan and Hailea. She is also survived by her husband, Daniel Osmond of British Columbia, Canada; her mother, Shirley Pfeiler of Salem, Oregon; mother-in-law, Genevieve Thompson of Lake Crystal, Minnesota; five sisters, Mary Pfeiler and her husband, Sam Radulovich of Detroit, Michigan; Cathy Pfeiler of Hartland, Wisconsin; Nancy Pfeiler and her husband, Neal Campbell of Salem. Oregon; Lisa and her husband, Michael Sweeney of Central Islip, New York and Anita and her husband, Corbit Magby of White Plains, Washington; a brother and his wife, Tom and Vicky Pfeiler of Catoosa, Oklahoma; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Lee Thompson; her father, James Allison Pfeiler and her father-in-law, Harold Lee Thompson.