Margaret S. "Peggy" Adams, 86, formerly of Port Royal (Groninger Valley) and currently residing at Brookline Village, Mifflintown passed away on Tuesday, March 10, 2020, at the village.
Born on Jan. 17, 1934, in Delaware Township, Juniata County, she was the daughter of the late Harry O. and Margaret (Hall) Sieber Jr. On Dec. 30, 1954 she married her late husband, Donald Q. Adams with whom she was blessed to share more than 63 years of marriage before he preceded her in death on March 9, 2018.
Surviving are, two daughters and their spouses, Mitzi Jacob, and her husband, David, of Folsom, California, Susan Komlenic, and her husband, Rodney, of Mechanicsburg, a son: Donald Adams, of Harrisburg, a cousin, Rita (Wert) Zeigler, of Millerstown, who was like a sister to her, and eight precious grandchildren and one great-grandson.
She was a 1952 graduate of Tuscarora Valley High School, Port Royal and a member of the Port Royal Presbyterian Church, the Mifflin Chapter No. 260 Order of the Eastern Star, and the Juniata County Republican Women.
Mrs. Adams was employed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, in Mifflintown, and later by the Department of Agriculture, Pennsylvania Bureau of Weights and Measures in Harrisburg.
She also, along with her late husband, owned and operated the DQA Dairy Farm in Groninger Valley.
Peggy loved taking trips to Ocean City, NJ with her family, enjoying flowers, mowing the lawn on the farm, shopping with her girls and cousins, as well as reading and life itself. Most important of all was her family, especially her husband, children and grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, March 14, 2020 from the Brown Funeral Homes, Inc., 100 Bridge Street, Mifflintown with the Rev. Crystal M. Lyde officiating. Interment will follow in the New Church Hill Cemetery, Port Royal.
Viewing will be held from 6 to 8 p.m., Friday, March 13, 2020, at the funeral home.
For those who wish, memorial contributions in Mrs. Adams' memory may be made to the Port Royal Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 387, Port Royal, PA 17082.
Online tributes and condolences may be sent at www.brownfuneral homesinc.com.
Photo of Peggy and Donald Adams from her Facebook Page.
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Photo that accompanied "Peggy's" Obituary in the Lewistown Sentinel.
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1952-53 TVHS CHEERLEADERS: (Front Row l-r) Shirley Wagner, Patsy Shellenberger, Leota Cisney, Shirley Wert, Kay Crimmel; (Back Row l-r) Edith Longacre, Peggy Seiber, Gayle Meloy, Mary Walters (Photo courtesy of Wayne Taylor)
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1951-52 TVHS BAND: FRONT ROW (l-r): E. Longacre, B. Kepner, S. Wert, M. Booher, J. Bardell; ROW 2: B. Leonard, B. Flood, M. Cunningham, B. Yoder, N. Wert, Ms. Shirk, H. Allen, A. Bashore, S. Wagner, L. Taylor, N. Booher; Row 3: L. Cisney, D. Book, E. Eaton, J. Ulsh, P. Sieber, N. Bashore, G. Meloy, M. Walters; BACK ROW: E. Allen, E. Kepner, G. Stake, L. Shellenberger, R. Deen, D. Kepner, W. Hubler, J. Taylor.
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Page 28 of the 1951 TVHS Yearbook
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TVHS CLASS OF 1952 Front Row: Leona Taylor, Leota Cisney, Blanche Leonard, Peggy Seiber, Nan Bhooher, Mary Peterson, Edith Longacre; Middle Row: Mrs. Kephart (Teacher) Back Row: Donald Kepner, Donn Kepner, Jasper Page, Ronald Fidler, Lane Swartz, Walter Bailor, Marlin Johnson
