Margaret Mayfield

Margaret Mayfield Margaret Mayfield, known to her family and friends as Peggy, died on Friday, September 12, 2014, in Thousand Oaks, California. She was 91 years old. Born Margaret Masterson in 1923 in Chicago, Illinois, to Philip and Lorenza Masterson, she was the middle child of three. In 1933 when she was 10, her family moved to Long Beach, California, just in time for the 1933 Long Beach earthquake. The house they were living in was severely damaged in the quake, so they moved to Glendale where she remained until college. She attended Immaculate Heart College and graduated in three years in 1944 with a degree in Chemistry. After graduation, she got a job in China Lake, California, working at the Naval Ordinance Test Station, where she met her future husband, Earle Mayfield. They were married in January 1952. For several years, Peggy and Earle lived in Salt Lake City while Earle attended graduate school. There she gave birth to her first two children: Robert and Mary. After Earle finished his graduate course work, they moved back to the China Lake area for several years, and Peggy gave birth to her next three children: Stephen, Philip, and Paul. In 1959, they moved to Torrance, California, where they bought their first house. Shortly after this, Peggy gave birth to her two youngest, Richard and Ann. Peggy and Earle stayed in the Torrance house for over twenty years, raising their seven children. Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Peggy volunteered her time with several organizations in the south bay area: the South Bay Fair Housing Office, the League of Women Voters, and the Catholic Workers. In 1985, after Earle retired, they moved to Los Osos, California, on the central coast. During their retirement years, they often travelled, including trips to Africa, Europe, Alaska, Mexico, etc. Earle died in 2007, and Peggy moved to Thousand Oaks a few years later to live with her oldest daughter, Mary. She is survived by six of her children, her son Paul having died in 2011; 14 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Robert (Margaret Ambrosavage) and his two step-children, Elizabeth and Alex; Mary (Tim Coles) and her three kids, Monica, Andrew, and Alayne; Stephen (Peggy McCallum) and his two children, Michael and Chris; Philip (Jeanne Costello) and his two step-children, Shane and Jarrett; Richard and his son Max, his step-daughter Kiersten and her daughter Emma; and Ann (Robin Martinez) and her three kids, Arielle, Cameron, and Isabelle. A rosary will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10th, at Mission San Luis Obispo. A funeral mass will take place at Mission San Luis on Saturday, October 11th, at 2:00. There will also be a gravesite service after the mass at Los Osos Valley Memorial Park in Los Osos, Calif.. Donations can be made in Peggy's name to: Los Angeles Catholic Worker Community: Ammon Hennacy House 632 N Brittania St Los Angeles, CA. 90033 Phone: 323-267-8789. Sign her guestbook at sanluisobispo.com/obituaries