Margaret Joanne Stancer

Margaret (Peggy) Joanne Stancer was born in Cumberland County, Pa. on September 5, 1932 to the late Margaret and Robert Hippensteel. She died Tuesday, October 27, 2009 after a long illness with cancer. After college Peggy moved to Northern, Va. She worked as Assistant to the Fairfax Hospital Association Comptroller. She also worked with her husband as a private investigator. She studied China Painting and Art. She also studied and became an accredited flower show judge. She was a member of The Royal Horticultural Society in London, England and the Garden Club of Bedford in Bedford, Va. Peggy loved flowers and plants. She is survived by three children, Toni, Patrick and Michael Bernheisel; her husband, O.P. (Stan) Stancer; two stepchildren, Gregory Stancer and Emily Fletcher; two sisters, Doris West and Dorothy Mohler; one sister-in-law, Mary Hippensteel; a special friend, Pam Millard. She was preceded in death by a brother, Robert G. Hippensteel and a brother-in-law, Ralph Mohler. A funeral service will be held at Bedford Baptist Church, 1516 Oakwood Street, Bedford, on Monday, November 2, 2009, at 1 p.m. with Dr. David L. Henderson and the Rev. Mark Flores officiating, followed by a brief graveside service in Greenwood Cemetery. Arrangements by Burch-Messier Funeral Home & Cremation Service, 317 W. Main Street, Bedford, 540-586-7360.


This obituary was originally published in the Roanoke Times.