Margaret "Peggy" Hawkinson passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2010 with her family at her side.
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hawkinson was born May 19, 1919 to Clyde Ora Morey and Mabel Christina Olsen Morey six miles east of Gary, Colorado in a sod house. She the first daughter to be born in this family of eight children. Her brothers were: George Addison Morey, Otto Clyde Morey and Wilson Shannon Morey. Her sisters were: Augusta Mae Morey Winston. Emily Josephine Morey Bowen, Polly Anna Morey Daschofsky, and Mary Jane Morey Cason.
She grew up on the farm where she was born and attended Rago Country School through the eighth grade. Then she attended high school in Woodrow, Colorado. She decided to start working with only one month remaining in her freshman year of school.
In 1938, her family moved to Washington State, as the dust bowl and depression were too much for her family farm to survive. While living in Bonny Lake, Washington, she worked picking berries, green beans, and hops. In 1945, she became one of the Rosie the Riveters in Tacoma, Washington.
In 1947, she moved back to Akron, Colorado where she met her future husband Francis "Dutch" Hawkinson. On August 24, 1949, they were married in Raton, New Mexico. Their children: Sharon Kay Hawkinson Brunson, Kenneth Eugene Hawkinson, Emma Marlene Hawkinson Glosson, and Carol Renee Hawkinson Fox.
Peggy lived the rest of her life in Akron, Colorado. She worked at the family Red & White grocery store that was owned and operated by Dutch's dad. Later, Dutch and Peggy bought the Akron Dry Cleaning business where Peggy worked for 19 years. After her retirement, Peggy worked for a short time as a cook's assistant at the Washington County Hospital. Then she worked as a cook for ten years at the Meet and Eat. She has also helped the Seventh Day Adventist Clothing give away for eighteen years.
She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Savior at the age of nine years old. She has been a member of the Akron Foursquare Church for 78 years. She served as a youth leader with her husband for 15 years. She was Sunday school teacher for 18 years. She loved the Lord with all her heart and wanted everyone she knew to know Jesus Christ as his or her personal Savior. We will all miss this loving, caring, and jolly woman.
She was preceded in death by her loving husband Francis Miller Hawkinson; daughter Sharon Kay Hawkinson Brunson; grandson Cullen Eugene Glosson; brothers George Morey, Otto "Shorty" Morey, and Wilson "Stub" Morey; sisters Emily "Emmy" Morey Bowen; and her parents Otto Clyde and Mabel Christina Morey.
She is survived by son Kenneth and Barbara "Bobbi" Hawkinson of Akron, and their sons Scott William of Vancouver, Washington, Brad Miller of Greeley, and Neil Joseph of Akron, Colorado; daughter Emma Marlene Hawkinson Glosson and husband John of Akron, and son Chad Leslie and wife Emily Ann of Akron, Colorado; daughter Carol Renee Hawkinson Fox and husband Steve of Greeley, Colorado, and sons Ryan Taylor and wife Emily of Brighton Colorado, Levi Dustin and wife Kimberly of Englewood, Colorado; and 15 great-grandchildren: Sydney Glosson, Cullen K. Glosson, AnnaLise Glosson, Chase Glosson, Cipri Fox, Jayce Fox, Daniel Fox, Emma Fox, Silas Fox, Zoie Fox, Helena Guyma, and Halle Hawkinson. She is also survived by sisters Augusta Winston of Akron, Pollyanna Daschofsky and husband Walter of Tacoma, Washington, and Mary Jane Cason and husband Dallas of Oakland, California; as well as many nieces nephews, cousins, and a host of friends.
A funeral service was held Thursday, December 9, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at the Akron Foursquare Church. Interment followed at Akron Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Akron Foursquare Church, Hospice of the Plains, or to the Salvation Army.