[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 26, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E440]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     REMEMBERING MARGARET E. PEACE

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 26, 2014

  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to acknowledge the life 
of Margaret E. Peace, of Newton Falls, Ohio, who passed on February 13, 
2014. Margaret was born on March 13, 1921 in Greenwood, South Carolina, 
to Clarence and Lillian McCuen Elledge. On December 5, 1938 she married 
the love of her life Mr. James Peace and the two were happily married 
for 74 years before James' tragic passing in June of 2013.
   While living in South Carolina, Margaret worked in a cotton mill. 
Upon moving to Newton Falls, Ohio she began working as a waitress at 
the Superquick restaurant, and soon became an active member of the 
Newton Falls First Church of God. Throughout her sixty years of 
attendance, she was heavily active with singing in the choir, serving 
as Sunday School teacher, serving as an assistant with the Brownie and 
Girl Scout groups, sitting member on the church council, an active 
member on the Women's Missionary Society Board, and she also diligently 
served as the nursing director for over 45 years.
   Not only did Margaret touch the lives of those in the church 
community, she was incredibly loved by her extensive network of family 
and friends. She collected hundreds of cookbooks over the course of her 
life, loved reading her Bible, and found happiness in her flower 
garden.
   Margaret has joined her loving parents, Clarence and Lillian, her 
tender husband James, her son Freddie, her sister Martha and brother 
Bill. She will be missed by a countless number of people in the 
community, and most of all by her two sons, James and Eddie Peace, her 
daughter Linda Hospodor, her daughter-in-law Kay Peace, and her brother 
Frank Elledge. Margaret will also be fondly remembered by numerous 
grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren.
   Margaret was an extraordinary woman, and she will live on in the 
hearts and minds of those she has touched. It was an honor to work with 
her in my district, and I will never forget her boundless kindness and 
enduring commitment to her community.

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