Marguerite B. "Peggy" Thompson
Marguerite B. "Peggy" Thompson
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Retired English professor, Wilbur Wright College, Chicago; 1952 graduate, Northwestern University School of Speech.
Beloved wife of the late Donald G.; dear mother of David M. Thompson, John E. (Shannon) Locsin, and the late Donald L. Thompson; former mother-in-law of Virginia Thompson; loving grandmother of Daniel John, Stephen Reading, and Andrew James Thompson and Jordan Geneva Locsin.
Member of Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 and Northwestern University Alumni Association. "A Quiz Kid" of the 1940s radio program, Peggy was also a lifelong lover of opera.
Memorial Gathering, Saturday, November 22, 2025, from 12 noon until time of Remembrances, 1:30 p.m., at HABEN Funeral Home & Crematory, 8057 Niles Center Rd., Skokie.
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8057 Niles Center Rd., Skokie, IL 60077
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