Margaret Mary Bromfield

ASHLEY — Margaret Mary (Peg) Bromfield, 94, died peacefully Nov. 13, 2018, at home surrounded by her adoring children.

Born Feb. 13, 1924, Peg was a lifelong resident of Ashley. She was the eldest of eight children to the late Patrick Joseph Clarke, an immigrant of County Mayo, Ireland, and Ellen Magdalene (Nealon), of Ashley.

Peg attended St. Leo's School. She was a faithful member of the Church of God for 48 years and was the beloved and respected matriarch of her Quakertown congregation.

She married her childhood sweetheart, the late Edmund Leo Bromfield, on Jan. 20, 1945, and remained a loving and dedicated wife until she was widowed at age 46 on Sept. 16, 1970. She remained a full-time mother and homemaker, who reared her eight children with boundless love and devotion.

She was happiest in her kitchen, cooking and baking various breads and pies. She loved canning season. Every year, she filled her pantry closet top to bottom with canned fruits, pickles and tomato sauce, most of which she gave away as gifts.

She could be found, almost every evening in her living room watching the sunset out her window. She always said, "Sunsets are God's way of saying, 'Good night!'"

In addition to her parents and husband, Peg was preceded in death by her son, Raymond Thomas Bromfield; three great-grandchildren, Faith Buff, Corbin McIntyre and Isla Everett; her brother, Frank Clark; sisters Kitty and her husband, Ed Harkins, and Eleanor and her husband, Dave Williams; and sister-in-law Mrs. Jimmy (Kathryn) Clarke.

She is survived by seven of her eight children, Ed (Murph) and his wife, Kay, of Danielsville, Joe and his wife, Ginny, of Allentown, Judy and her husband, Chet Buff, of Mountain Top, Bonita and her husband, Bob Kipa, of Wilkes-Barre, JoAnna and her husband, Jude Buckwalter, of Ashley, John and his wife, Ida, of Hellertown, and Peggy and her husband, Bob Wentz, of Nanticoke; and her daughter-in-law, the widow of Ray, Debbi, and her husband, Ed Degosky, of Nanticoke.

Peg was the loving "Gram" to 26 grandchildren and delightful "Great Gram" to 29 great-grandchildren, with two more expected in the spring.

She is also survived by her siblings, Joe (Irene) Clark, Ray (Jane Ellen) Clarke, Mary (Bill) Bly and Jimmy Clarke; and sister-in-law Mrs. Frank (Rosemary) Clark, all of Ashley. She has numerous nieces and nephews, cousins and countless friends.

Funeral service will be held at noon Monday, Nov. 19, from Desiderio's Funeral Home, 436 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top, with Mr. Kevin Epps, of the Church of God, AWA, officiating. Interment will be at Oaklawn Cemetery, Wilkes-Barre.

Friends may call 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, and from 11 a.m. until time of service Monday at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, please make a donation in the name of Margaret M. Bromfield to the Hospice of the Sacred Heart, 600 Baltimore Drive, Suite 7, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702, or Huber Breaker Preservation Society, 101 S. Main St., Ashley, PA 18706.