Birth date: Oct 2, 1932 Death date: Mar 21, 2016
Margaret (Peggy) Claire Wareham, nee Farrelly, passed away peacefully on Monday, March 21, 2016, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the presence of her children and husband. She was born on October 2, 1932 in Chicago, IL, daughter of th Read Obituary
Dear Bob & family our hearts & prayers go out to you Peggy was one great lady she will remain in hearts god bless all Marty & Alice Mittleman
It's so hard for me to write about Mrs. Wareham. She's been in my life since Kimberly and I were 15 years old and in high school. I loved being at their house and the neighborhood kids would come by and ask "Can Peggy come out and play?". They loved her! She was amazing the way she could gauge whether you needed a laugh, of which there were plenty with her, or if you were having a "moment of clarity", in which case she offered a tissue and a shoulder. She was there the night before I left for Boot Camp, through my divorce, when I remarried and through all of the teenaged through middle aged shenanigans that Kimberly and I have gotten ourselves into. She was always one of my biggest fans - I bet she made a lot of people feel that way- and I am one of hers. She used cloth napkins and lit candles at dinner and cut her bagels in more than two pieces so they'd fit in the toaster. She has sent hysterical emails to me for years and loves her family above all else. Kimmy has been the best friend I've ever had and only she will understand how much I will miss hearing "Hiiiiiiiii Andreaaaaaaa" and responding with "Hiiiiiiiiiii Peggyyyyyyyyy". Love you Mrs. Wareham!
Peggy was already a grown woman by the time I came into the family in 1951, so I have few memories of her from my childhood. In my middle childhood I remember knowing that she and Bob living in Salt Lake City... and that seemed SO exotic...so far away and in a land largely populated by Mormons! After the family relocated back to the Chicago burbs in the 1960s, I recollect a visit to her tiny tiny tiny apartment in Libertyville... already too small for the family.
After I dropped out of college for a year in 1970, Peggy and Bob lived in Park Ridge... (which I always thought looked like a set for movie or television show set in suburbia) I used to visit her there... I had left college to seek counseling... and after a failed attempt with one counselor, it was her suggestion that led me to the counselor I saw for the next year. For that I will be always grateful.
I will always also be grateful for the acceptance and understanding I received from Peggy when I came out. She was the one of the first family members to whom I came out...and she made it easy.
Peggy was a character, that is for sure... She lives on in my fond memories.
-deg farrelly
