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Richard C. "Rick" Pegg Jr.
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RICHARD C., JR. "RICK"
Age 48, of Bethel Park, on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006. Beloved husband of Lourie (Zimmer) Pegg; dear father of Elizabeth and Jarred Pegg; cherished son of Richard C., Sr. and Joanne Pegg; brother of Dennis Pegg, Christy Welty and Donna Amano; also survived by many nieces and nephews. Richard will be remembered for his talented music and painting. He was also an avid fisherman. Family and friends welcome Thursday 2-4, 7-9 and Friday 11 until time of Service at 1 P.M. at FREYVOGEL-SLATER FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 112 Ft. Couch Rd., Bethel Park. (opposite Macy, South Hills Village.).
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February 15, 2025
LOURIE
February 15, 2024
So many fond memories, except for this day. Remembering you today ... and always with love.
Paul Kramer
March 5, 2023
Rick had the best sense of humor.
Paul Kramer
February 18, 2023
I think about Rick a lot. He was my best friend.
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Lourie
August 31, 2022
Remembering your birthday today. Forever in our hearts
Paul Kramer
February 11, 2022
My best friend. And he called me his.
Paul Kramer
February 25, 2021
I miss you Rick.
February 15, 2021
How time flies, 15 years today since cancer took you away, way too young and way too soon! Always in our hearts.
The memory candle was lovingly lit for you as we celebrated Elizabeth's marriage.
xoxo
August 7, 2018
Remembering ... on your Birthday.
August 31, 2016
February 15, 2016
<3
February 15, 2016
In memory ... 10 years gone ... but forever in our hearts.
Donna Amano
September 6, 2015
Mom, and I spent your birthday wathcing old videos. great memories. We miss you. Is buddy there with you all? Happy Birthday big brother
August 31, 2015
You would have turned 58 today. Miss you. X O
Visiting at Allegheny General Hospital
September 5, 2013
Cook Forest
September 5, 2013
Cook Forest
September 5, 2013
"The Beating"
September 5, 2013
"The Beating"
September 5, 2013
September 5, 2013
Thinking of you ...
Teaching Eliz. guitar after work - 1991?
February 17, 2013
Easter - 1990
February 17, 2013
South Park - 1989
February 17, 2013
The Jetsons
February 17, 2013
The Jetsons
February 17, 2013
xx oo ~
August 30, 2012
In our hearts forever ... remembering you on what would have been your 55th Birthday, August 31, 2012 ...
Senior Yearbook Photo
August 30, 2012
Lourie
February 15, 2012
February 15th 2006 - a life ended much too soon.
We shall never ever forget ... always, remembering you with great love ...
Donna Amano
February 14, 2012
Ricky,
6 years. All has changed. Con and kenzie now off to college but kids doing great My boys design a tattoo in your honor : Dad, Rick, Dennis. Connor designed one for him ,and ty. As a whole we are lost on our own grief. First You then Dad, and Dennis. We are no longer the girls just lost in grief. Miss you and what we had our family Love Donna
Lourie
August 31, 2011
A birthday candle ... To be together again would be the one wish we would all make today.
Love, one word, but so many memories ...
August 30, 2011
Happy Birthday Ricky, I miss you. Love, Christy
August 28, 2011
happy birthday my beautiful son. remembering the day you were born and how proud you always made me. I miss and love you so much. MoM
Lourie
February 15, 2011
Time passes so quickly ... Five years this morning ... Missing you and remembering the love we shared as a couple, and as a family, today and every day. ... Forever.
christy
December 21, 2010
Ricky, MERRY CHRISTMAS. mom is still making your smelts just for you. I love and miss you more than ever.
Tom Kramer
August 31, 2010
Miss you Rick.
August 31, 2010
Happy Birthday Ricky! My wish for you, spend your day fishing with Dad and Dennis. I know how you used to love the peace and quiet a day like that would bring.I remember how mom would insist that me and Donna go along and we always managed to tangle our poles or getting chased by the goat.You never complained. I am so grateful for the memories I have that remind me of how much you meant to me. I Love You, christy
August 31, 2010
Happy Birthday!
Lourie
August 31, 2010
Happy 53rd Birthday! So many wonderful birthday memories of you ... forever in our hearts! Love and Miss You Always ...
June 27, 2010
I think about you everyday.I know that it's been years but it seems like yesterday that you died. I am so sorry that we didn't have the time to talk, you were so sick I didn't want to scare you by saying goodbye. (because of your death I said goodbye to Dad and Dennis. I was glad I was able to do that)I know that life goes on for most,but for us your family, no matter how hard we try, life could never be the same. Please watch over Liz and Jarred as they really need your guidance and love more than ever. So much has changed since you have been gone, but you will always have a place in my heart reserved just for you. Love, Christy
Lourie
February 15, 2010
On this day four years ago my heart was broken when my beloved husband died. I never thought it would heal or recover from the pain of such a life-changing and devastating loss. ... While I will never, and could never, forget the many years of life - the joy, friendship, family, and love - that we shared together, I am so thankful that our human hearts are capable of such a love ... and that they continue to love. RIP and be assured that all is well. Love,
January 30, 2010
Rest in Peace, Together, Father and Sons. ... Forever in our hearts.
Love,
Lourie
January 30, 2010
Death, be not proud
Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.
By John Donne
The Poetry Foundation
Tom Kramer
December 20, 2009
Donna... my prayers and thoughts go out to you whatever you may be going through.
December 19, 2009
Ricky,
Not a day goes by that you are not remembered, we really need yours and dad strength right now.
Love,
Donna
August 31, 2009
Another birthday today ... you would have been 52. Wow!
Remembering you with love, Lourie
Lourie, Elizabeth, and Jarred
June 21, 2009
Another Father's Day ... here's to you! You were such a great Dad!
Love and miss you today and always,
Lourie
June 14, 2009
Today we would have celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. Cherished memories forever <3 ... Love always,
Lourie Pegg
February 15, 2009
Music, when soft voices die
Music, when soft voices die,
Vibrates in the memory—
Odours, when sweet violets sicken,
Live within the sense they quicken.
Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heaped for the beloved's bed;
And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.
By Percy Bysshe Shelley
The Poetry Foundation
Lourie
January 28, 2009
Sadly, your father passed away yesterday, after an extended illness. ... I hope your souls have crossed paths.
Love Always,
Donna Amano
January 28, 2009
Ricky,
The last thing Dad said to us before joining you was I told Rick I would not be long. He missed you so much. Take care of him. We send you both all our love.
Donna
Lourie
January 18, 2009
Big Steeler Championship Game today! Always makes me think of you! ... No, the towel is still in the dresser.
Love,
Lourie
December 24, 2008
Merry Christmas! Tis raining and blue again this year ...
Love,
Lourie
November 27, 2008
Tis Thanksgiving Day ... yet another holiday. Wish you were with us as always!
Love,
Lourie
November 22, 2008
I hate this "single parenting" of teenagers! ... Any help you can send down here would be greatly appreciated! ;-)
Lourie
October 29, 2008
First snow of the season today ... it's always a reminder of the long cold winter and holiday season that's coming. The toughest time of year for me.
There's still not a day that goes by, that I don't think of you, even after all this time.
Love,
Lourie
August 31, 2008
Remembering you today on your 51st Birthday! With Love,
DeAnn
August 31, 2008
Today is August 31st and your birthday. It is a beautiful day outside and shaping up to be nice for the whole Labor Day weekend. You are a Great Uncle again. Kristy and Ray had a baby girl on July 14th and she is as cute as can be. They named her Karley DeAnn, which was both a surprise and an honor for me. Missing you always.
With Love,
Lourie
August 30, 2008
Thanks for the "birthday gift," of my wheel of fortune winnings, that just arrived in the mail!! (Not that you really had anything to do with it, but it's fun to think I have a guardian angel watching over me when something good happens. ;-) I didn't expect the check until October so what a surprise that it came early!
Tomorrow is your 51st birthday! I will be thinking of you and missing you, as always. The weather is going to be beautiful! A perfect day for a picnic, so that's what we'll be doing!
Elizabeth opens as The Princess in "Once upon a Mattress" next weekend. She is growing ever more talented as a singer, actress, and dancer. She also made the Dean's List last semester at college! Very impressive!
That same weekend, Jarred has his college orientation at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He will be majoring in Web Design and Interactive Media. He also started a new job today as a "geek squad agent" at Best Buy, making a very nice hourly wage for someone his age, you would be so very proud. He is very talented and smart just like you!
With Love,
Donna Amano
August 29, 2008
Ricky,
Over the years I probably forgot your birthday most years but now August 31st is a day to remember you. I took for granted my oldest brother all those years and how a little thing like Happy Birthday can mean so much. So better late than never, Happy Birthday Ricky, I Love You.
Love,
Donna
Lourie
July 19, 2008
Saw Jerry and his current band this past week ... good musicians. He gave me a DVD of your band, Thick as Thieves, performing at the Arts Festival the Summer of 1988. First thing I noticed, after the hair and fashions, was how well written the music was. It definitely stood the test of time! ... It was the first time I've watched a video of you ... it made me miss you even more!
Always ...
Lourie
June 15, 2008
Tis Father's Day ... we're all missing you on this beautiful sunny day!
The graduation was wonderful. I know you would be so proud of Jarred.
Toasted you, and our 22nd wedding anniversary, at Tara's graduation party.
Going to see the New York Dolls today! Will think of you as always!
Love,
Lourie
June 8, 2008
It's June once again! A month that is always filled with significant life events ... when we miss you the most ...
Father's Day is June 15th, a sad day for us all!
I know you were "watching and laughing" with us on June 5th when the Wheel of Fortune aired and I know you were "there" with me when it taped in February!
On June 6th, we celebrated Jarred's 18th Birthday! He will graduate from High School this coming Saturday, June 14th, on what would have been our 22nd Wedding Anniversary. On June 21st we will gather with friends and family to celebrate the graduation.
You are always with us in our hearts and thoughts ...
Love,
Lourie
May 7, 2008
Spring is here again. Your trees and shrubs in the back yard are all in bloom and looking gorgeous! They shall always be a remembrance of you ... and of us, especially our weeping willow tree! I will trim it this year, I promise. ;-)
Love,
Tom Kramer
March 30, 2008
Hi Lourie,
Our friend Pran died this morning of pancreatic cancer.
http://video.on.nytimes.com/index.jsp?ens&rdm=93273.71599575867
Lourie
March 29, 2008
Just finished reading the novel, P.S. I Love You. What an awesome job by the author, Cecelia Ahern, in portraying the experience and emotions of a young widow. I can't believe she was only 21 years old when she wrote this book.
Saw the movie too. The movie is very different from the book (which I prefer over the movie) and a little "fluffy," but it is also very accurate and relatively well acted.
Some of the things that Gerry writes to Holly you said to me in person before you died. Thank you for that.
I will miss you forever. Love,
DeAnn and Family
March 28, 2008
Spring is supposed to be here, but it doesn't feel like it yet. Just wanted to let you know that you are going to be a Great Uncle again. Kristy is expecting #4 in August. Wishing you were here to share in the joy with us.
With Love,
Lourie
February 20, 2008
We fly to L.A. tomorrow and I'll be appearing as a contestant on "The Wheel of Fortune" on Friday! ... I know your spirit will "be there" helping me spin the wheel, solve the puzzles, and win BIG MONEY! Remember you always solved the puzzles before me :-) so I'll definitely need your help!
The kids and I are so excited to see all the Hollywood sights! We're going to get Elizabeth her own star on the walk of fame ... and Jarred wants to find all the local DDR machines! He's nationally ranked now!
Watch over us, as always! We continue to love and miss you everyday!
Lourie
February 15, 2008
Two years this morning. Time certainly flies by, as it still seems like yesterday.
Thanks, once again, to our family & friends for your support and caring.
With Love,
DeAnn
February 10, 2008
Dear Lourie, Elizabeth and Jarred,
As we have arrived at this time of year again, you are in my thoughts and prayers. Today, tomorrow and always. It is hard to believe it has been 2 years.
With Love,
Tom Kramer
January 17, 2008
Hang in there Lourie. The winter is a tough time but the sun will come out again sometime.
:)
You, your family and Rick are in my thoughts prayers. You're not alone.
Lourie
January 15, 2008
January and February are filled with so many sad memories. This is by far the most depressing time of year for us. (Me, the kids, my family, and I'm quite sure, all of your family and friends.)
We try to forget, go through the daily motions, and focus on the many positives in our lives now, but each seemingly endless, lonely, cold, snowy, gray winter day brings back all of the thoughts, feelings, and emotions that we went through two years ago and continue to deal with now.
We shall never forget you and the misfortune that took you from us.
Love,
Lourie
December 31, 2007
Tis the end of the year. As I reflect back on this first full year without you, I know you would be proud of us all.
We continue to think of you and miss you each and every day.
Love,
December 18, 2007
Just a week till our second Christmas without you. I heard your favorite Christmas Carol on the radio this afternoon. I smiled through my tears as I savored the memory of you.
Love, Lourie
DeAnn and Family
November 30, 2007
The holidays are fast approaching and I just wanted to tell you that we have been thinking about you and recalling holidays of years passed. You are missed daily.
With Love,
Lourie
November 21, 2007
Tis the eve of another holiday without you. We miss you so much each and everyday but the holidays are especially difficult.
Love,
Lourie
October 31, 2007
It's Halloween! ... Millie and I are really missing you tonight as we give out our treats all alone!
Forever,
Lourie
October 25, 2007
Hello Today!
Thanks for the green lights! It was wonderful to be running late and not have even one red traffic light. It felt like I had a guardian angel watching over me!? :-)
Anyway, as you know, Elizabeth was fabulous as Mollie in Agathe Christie's play The MouseTrap. She is really emerging as a very talented actress and as a mature young lady!
Jarred is thinking of careers as he enjoys his senior year. We recently got his senior pictures and they are awesome. He is such a handsome young man, much like his father!
Please continue to watch over us all! We think of you and miss you everyday!
Love,
Lourie
September 13, 2007
Jarred got his driver's permit today and Elizabeth passed her test and got her license last week! You would be so proud! We're spending a lot more time in your car now. Please watch over us all! (Especially Elizabeth as she is driving on her own!)
Always ...
September 1, 2007
Beloved Romeo passed away today after a long illness. I picture the two of you together again now.
I remember when you bought him for me for our 15th Anniversary. You and the children were so excited as I walked in the door and was completely surprised to see the most precious, tiny, yorkie puppy!
May both of you rest in peace.
Love, Lourie
Lourie
August 31, 2007
"Today's your Birthday ... and Happy Birthday to you!" ... Can't get that Beatle's tune out of my head today! You were such a fan!
I'm going to a party today at South Park for a colleague's son who is leaving for the military soon. I will be thinking of you as I watch the band perform, as I always do!
<3 Forever,
Lourie, Elizabeth, & Jarred
August 30, 2007
Tomorrow is your 50th Birthday. What fun we would have had celebrating & teasing you about the "BIG 5-0" ... instead it will be yet another sad day without you.
Your Loving Family,
ADALOU ZIMMER
August 26, 2007
RICK I miss sending you a birthday card again this year. Lourie and your family seems to keep busy this summer, the summer has gone fast, We all miss you much especially your family Rest in peace ADALOU
DeAnn and Family
August 26, 2007
I was thinking about you today. Your birth date is soon approaching - the 31st if I am not mistaken. It had been a miserable summer.. Hot and dry then damp and wet. The river went down real low and all the guys who fish were complaining. Too much mud everywhere. Marc got a job working for the same company Nick works for and Kristy is having a second interview for a teaching job at Sharpsville. Your Great nieces and nephew are growing like weeds. Kayla is going to 6th grade this year. We miss you daily.
With love in our hearts,
Julie Zedaker
August 19, 2007
I signed a guy up this aftermoon for a membership at Life Time Fitness who looked a lot like you and just brought back memories. He was talking about fishing and how he loved to go and see live bands play. You are miss but will never be forgotten! :-)
Lourie
July 17, 2007
Had an audition for Wheel of Fortune today. I made it to the final round! I now wait for a letter. ... I loved to watch the show with you ... I remember how you would always solve the puzzle before me ... and then how you finally confessed that you were watching an earlier broadcast of the show in the TV room. :-) You had such a great sense of humor.
Miss You Now and Forever! Love,
July 3, 2007
Thinking of you on this day before the Fourth of July, as on every day. It has been great fishing weather - not too hot during the day and cooler nights - you would be enjoying it.
As Always,
DeAnn and Family
Lourie
June 18, 2007
Yesterday was our second Father's Day without you.
We went to the zoo which was one of your favorite places to spend a sunny holiday.
It felt good to be there together, and, once again, as strange as it sounds, it felt like you were with us.
We shared many memories of being there with you - what you said and did, and how you would tease me and joke with the children. We then went out for pasta, one of your favorite foods.
You were a great father, my dear, and your children and I will always remember with love.
Lourie
June 4, 2007
It's June already!
Jarred will be 17 this Wednesday,
Elizabeth is orchestrating yet another Broadway Review for this Thursday,
Kennywood day is Friday,
next Thursday we would have celebrated our 21st Wedding Anniversary,
and our 2nd Father's Day without you is just around the corner.
It's still amazing to me - every single day - how much all of our lives have changed over the last year and four months without you ... While I have tried to cope, accept, and adapt to these changes as best I can, I still long for the past every day.
I probably shouldn't have listened to the "Best of Bread" album yesterday, but I would definitley "give everything I own ... just to have you back again."
Love,
May 28, 2007
We enjoyed this beautiful Memorial Day at Phipps. You would have loved the breathtaking gardens and gorgeous glass.
Remembering you today and always!
Love, Lourie, Elizabeth, & Jarred
DeAnn
May 28, 2007
A beautiful sunny Memorial Day. I took some time today to remember the fun times of all my loved ones that have passed. I was remembering when you did the quick cover up paint job on the north side of Mom's house and she never even knew. How we all miss you and your come to the rescue talents!!
As Always,
DeAnn
May 8, 2007
The memorial tribute and quilt dedication ceremony was beautiful. Such a tribute to those passed and a reminder that we are not the only ones hurting from the loss of a loved one. You are missed daily.
Love ya',
Lourie
May 8, 2007
Your spring shrubs are in bloom and look lovely this morning. You so enjoyed your garden. Thinking of you today, as always ... Me
May 6, 2007
It was a beautiful memorial tribute and dedication ceremony.
We are grateful to the Caring Place for providing such a wonderful support program and for the special way that they honor those that we loved so dearly. We are grateful for how they remind us that you will continue to live on in our hearts and will always be a part of us.
Forever, Lourie
Lourie, Elizabeth, & Jarred
April 30, 2007
Making a quilt square to remember loved ones has become a meaningful part of the Highmark Caring Place program. Family members come together to create quilt squares which celebrate the lives of those who have died, reminding us that these people and our relationship with them continue to live in our hearts and memories. The sewing together of the quilt squares symbolizes that we are not alone on our grief journeys and that healing is possible with caring support from others.
Through the generous efforts of Caring Place volunteers, our group's quilt has been completed.
An open invitation to our family and friends ...
Please join us ...
Quilt Dedication Ceremony
Sunday, May 6, 2007
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Highmark Caring Place
620 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(Free parking at 625 Allegheny Tower, directly across from the Caring Place.)
April 23, 2007
It's gorgeous outside, your favorite kind of spring day!
I went to see Bill Loos's current band "Her Vanished Grace" in New York City this past weekend. Bill wore a shirt that he had handcrafted in your honor and dedicated his performance to you. He paid special tribute prior to performing a song titled "walking on water" which reminds him of when you two played together. He said that you also wrote a song with the same title back in the day. I am sure that you were with us in spirit, but just so that any other friends reading this may know, Bill is still an awesome drummer! (and the band is great!)
It was wonderful to catch up with Bill and Betty. They still look the same somehow :-) and have a beautiful family. We shared many memories of you. It is very emotional to visit with your lifelong friends (those who truly knew you the best) but extremely gratifying as it somehow seems like spending time with you.
You are greatly loved and will be forever missed ...
Lourie
April 17, 2007
Hey,
Saw Dave, Susie, and Anton; and their beautiful artwork on Saturday. We reminisced about you, your talents, and the opening of trout season. You are missed by all, my dear! Love, Lourie
DeAnn
April 17, 2007
Dear Rick,
Saturday was the first day of trout season and I was thinking about you. The weather was a mix of wind, cold, snow and rain, but somehow I do not think that would have mattered to you. You are missed daily. Thank everyone up there for the help they sent down to guide Nick through his surgeries. So far so good.
With Love,
Lourie
March 21, 2007
First Day of Spring and it was beautiful! Wish you were here, in person, to share it with us!
Love and miss you ... Me
Ada Lou Zimmer
March 12, 2007
Just thinking of all of you today and everyday.
I love you all very much.
DeAnn
March 4, 2007
Another day of wind and snow. You are a Great Uncle again. Kristy had a girl. Keep watching over everyone this is going to be a very stressful month. Thinking of you and your family daily.
With love,
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