Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Schwear, Margaret J. May 4, 2011 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. M. shabodeho@aol.com May 10, 2011, 1:37 am Published in Lebanon Daily News on May 5, 2011 Margaret J. Schwear STOUCHSBURG Margaret J. "Peggy" Schwear, 70, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at her residence after a courageous battle with cancer. She was the wife of Mark L. Schwear, to whom she would have been married 51 years on June 11th. Born in Lebanon, on October 13, 1940, she was the daughter of Julia Hockley Smaltz of Stouchsburg and the late Chester M. Smaltz. She was a 1958 graduate of Myerstown High School and had owned Peggy's Custom Drapes, Stouchsburg for 40 years, retiring in 2006 and also owned Village Dollhouses & Miniatures, Stouchsburg. She was a member of Friedens Lutheran Church, Myerstown and organized "Peggy's Girl's", a group of women cancer survivors who meet for lunch once a month in Myerstown. In addition to her husband and mother, she is survived by daughters, Letticia wife of Kenneth Reich of Myerstown and Wendy wife of Scott Gilbert of Myerstown; sons, Lon husband of Paula Schwear of Redding, Connecticut and Timothy husband of Heather Schwear of Myerstown; grandchildren, Travis Reich, Samantha Schwear, Maxwell Schwear, Abbey Blouch; great-grandson, Brady Reich; sisters Kay wife of David Lessig of Reading and Kim Knapp of Lebanon; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, May 11, 2011, at 11 a.m. from Friedens Lutheran Church, 301 W. Washington Ave., Myerstown. Viewing will be Wednesday 10 a.m. at the church. Interment at Friedens Memorial Park, Myerstown. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. Grose Funeral Home, Myerstown is entrusted with the arrangements. Published in Lebanon Daily News on May 5, 2011 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb