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MARGARET JOSEPHINE “PEGGY” KELLY FOREMAN, 95, of Resthave Home Assisted Living in Morrison, IL, died Friday, September 27, 2024, at Resthave Home in Morrison, IL.
Cremation rites have been accorded. Her memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM on Friday, October 4, 2024, at St. Mary Catholic Church in Morrison with Rev. Father Slawomir Zimodro officiating. A memorial visitation will be held from 10:00 AM until the time of the funeral. The Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison. A memorial has been established Resthave Home.
Peggy was born December 19, 1928, in Tampico, IL, to Francis Edward and Helen Alice (Brophy) Kelly.
She was educated in Maple Hill grade school and graduated from Morrison High School in 1946. In 1944-1945, during her junior year of high school, she worked the night shift at Frantz Manufacturing in Sterling, IL, making ball bearings for the Army cots. She clerked at both A & P and National Tea Grocery stores and waitressed at several of her mother’s restaurants. In later years, she worked for Andy Brands at the City Clerk’s office. On February 5, 1949, she married Kent W. Foreman in Morrison, IL. He died November 9, 2015. Peggy was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church. She was also a member of and past president of the VFW Auxiliary and Morrison Country Club Auxiliary. She was an avid golfer and played on the Ladies Lincoln Highway team for seven years. She enjoyed her family, reading and playing cards. She played bridge up until her final years.
Survivors include one daughter, Angela (Keith) Pickens of Dothan, AL; one son, Mitchell (Deb) Foreman of Sterling, IL; one son-in-law, Don Afman of Moline, IL; six grandsons, Matt (Teresa) Pickens, Mitch (Candy) Pickens, Cameron Foreman, Lee (Nicole) Foreman, Korey (Anna) Foreman and Christopher (Kelsey) Afman; several great-grandchildren; one sister, Rita (Burt) Seaman of Morrison, IL; one sister-in-law, Janice Kelly of Morrison, IL; several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Kent; one daughter, Kellie Afman; a great-grandson, Noah Pickens; three sisters, Jeri Renkes, Helen Millershone and Molly Jones; two brothers, James and Francis Kelly; three brothers-in-law, Kenneth Millershone, Kenneth (Skeeter) Jones and Henry Renkes.
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