Margaret "Peggy" Mount

1934 - 2021

Mount, Margaret "Peggy" CLIFTON PARK Margaret "Peggy" Mount, age 86, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 3, 2021. She was born on April 14, 1934, in Buffalo to Frank and Emily Metzler. She married the love of her life, Joseph Grant Mount, on February 7, 1959. Peggy or "Honey Bee" as Joseph called her, was smart, witty and lived life to its fullest even as she battled Alzheimer's. She loved teaching and served as the president of the North Colonie Teachers Association and taught the fourth grade for most of her career. Teaching children was her passion - she saw potential in every child. Peggy also taught Sunday Bible School at Shenendehowa Methodist Church. She loved Silver Bay in Lake George and spent many summers there. Peggy also enjoyed swimming, painting, bridge, crossword puzzles and most of all, playing with her grandchildren. Peggy is survived by her husband, Joseph; her brother Charles and his wife Joan Metzler; her sister Donna Sleininger; her sister-in-law, Betty Mount; her two daughters and their husbands, Kristin and Greg Herrera and Susan and Harvey Spencer; her grandchildren, Gregory Herrera, Sarah Spencer, and Jessica Spencer; and her many nephews and nieces. She was predeceased by one sister, Carol Colligan. All of these she loved and touched deeply. Please join us in celebrating her life on Friday, January 8, between 9 and 10 a.m. with a funeral service at 10 a.m. in the Gordon C. Emerick Funeral Home, 1550 Rte 9, Clifton Park. Interment will follow in Parkview Cemetery, Schenectady. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Eddy Alzheimer's Services, 421 Columbia St., Cohoes, NY, 12047. Feel free to express online condolences by visiting gordoncemerickfuneralhome.com