Margaret Zenda

Margaret Jean "Peg" Zenda, age 100, died on Friday, July 28, 2023, at McKinley Manor in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. She was born on July 17, 1923, in Stalwart, Michigan, the 4th child of Robert Benton and Ethel Georgina (Waybrant) Crawford. She grew up in Stalwart and graduated from Pickford High School with the class of 1941. After high school, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland for several years before moving to Chicago, Illinois, where she began her bookkeeping and accounting career. There she met the love of her life Bernhard (Ben) Julius Zenda. They were married on August 18, 1952, in Chicago. They moved to Sault Ste. Marie in 1959. Peg began working at the Sault Area Schools, as a secretary, and retired in 1977. After retirement they moved to Wisconsin and wintered in Florida. In Wisconsin she was on the public library board and was very proud of her involvement in a new library building. After Ben's death, Peg returned to Sault Ste. Marie in 1997. She resided at McGahey Apartments and later, at Avery Square for ten years and when more care was needed, she then moved to McKinley manor in 2018. Peg was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in Sault Ste. Marie and Lifetime member of Presbyterian Women; an ordained deacon of the Presbyterian Church, and a member of Michigan Association of Retired School Personnel. She also was a member of the WMH Lady's auxiliary. Peg was very sociable and made friends everywhere she went. Peg enjoyed playing endless card games with her sisters. She was a beautiful seamstress. She knitted, crocheted, quilted and cross stitched. Peg is survived by sister, Judy (Ron) Crawford Adams of Galesburg, MI and sister-in-law: Rosel (Ron) Crawford of Texas; and many nieces and nephews. Peg was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Ben; siblings, Evelyn (Eldon) Debro, Anne (Kenneth) Bennett, E. Berniece (Ruben) Waybrant, R. Harry (Hazel) Crawford, Kathleen (Howard) Parrish, Ronald Crawford, Eugene (Glenda) Crawford, and infant twin brothers, Francis Crawford and Frederick Crawford. A Memorial service will be held at First United Presbyterian Church at 2:00 PM on August 3, 2023. Friends may gather at 1:00 PM until the time of services. In lieu of flowers Memorials may be left to First United Presbyterian Church Endowment Fund or Lake Superior State University Foundation- Waybrant Family Scholarship Fund.

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Margaret Zenda

July 17, 1923 - July 28, 2023