Margaret Ebaugh

Peggy Ebaugh went home to be with the Lord on March 13, 2014. She was born in April 3, 1916 in Goldfield, Nev., to Grace and Thomas Spracklin.

Peggy moved in 1940 to Bremerton, where she met her husband, John. They married in 1945. Shortly after they married, they moved to Oklahoma but eventually made it back in 1950 to Poulsbo, where they lived for many, many years.

Peggy was actively involved in her church and was a parish member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Suquamish and St. Olaf’s Catholic Church in Poulsbo. After Peggy widowed, she became a Eucharistic minister. For many years, she took communion to the sick, to Martha & Mary, and the hospital. Peggy eventually became head of the Eucharistic ministers and their training, and also became co-sacristan.

At the age of 82, she retired as the head of the Eucharistic ministers and co-sacristan, but continued as a Eucharistic minister. She also focused on the yearly Port Gamble Orthopedic Club’s fund-raising Christmas bazaar to raise money for the Children’s Hospital.

Peggy loved to garden, look at the birds, take walks and visit with friends. She was known to be the first to recognize when the hummingbirds returned each spring and was published in the Bremerton Sun and North Kitsap Herald. She was a master at crocheting and invented many of her own creations.

Peggy is survived by her sister, Geri Clays Tam, and numerous nieces and nephews and their families. Peggy was preceded in her death by her husband, John; her two brothers, Fred “Bus” Spracklin and Kenneth “Mac” Breen; and two sisters, Wanda Spracklin Old and Ruth Spracklin.

Her generous spirit and love of life have always been an inspiration to those who loved her. She will be missed, but will continue to live on in the hearts of those who loved her.

A service will be held on March 22 at St. Olaf’s Catholic Church in Poulsbo. A Rosary prayer will begin at 10:30 a.m., Mass will commence at 11 a.m. and a reception will follow.

In lieu of flowers, please send donations to the Children’s Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle.