Obit: Dux, Margaret M. ‘Peggy’ (1924 - 2012)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Dux, Jepsen, Mullally, Olson, Gerber, Steffen    

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) 2012

Dux, Margaret M. ‘Peggy’ (17 April 1924 - 31 January 2012)

Margaret M. (Peggy) Dux, 87, of Berlin passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, surrounded by her loving family.

Peggy was born April 17, 1924, in Pray, the daughter of Holger and Martha Jepsen. She was one of 10 children.  Peggy graduated from Neillsville High School in 1941 and married the love of her life, Kenneth Dux, June 8, 1946, in Neillsville.

Ken and Peg raised their two daughters, Barbara and Janice, in Stoughton, where they lived for nearly 40 years. They returned to Neillsville in 1994, where they lived until August 2011.  They have spent the past five months, in Berlin.

Peggy is survived by her loving husband of 65 years, Kenny; her two daughters, Barbara (Michael) Mullally of Princeton, and Janice (David) Olson of South Lyon, MI; five grandchildren, Sarah (Michael) Gerber of Berlin, Chad (Robyn) Olson of Livonia, MI, Heather (Bret) Steffen of Berl9in, John (Andrea) Olson of Plymouth, MI, and Krista Olson of Traverse city, MI.  She is further survived by great-grandchildren, Melissa, Sam, Jack, Dylan, Ewan, Marlena, Benjamin, Lila and Amelia and one brother, Eugene (Evelyn) Jepsen of Neillsville.

In addition to her parents, Peggy was preceded in death by eight siblings, Agnes, Harold, Christine, Henning, Lyngaard, Bernard, Bernice and Woodrow.

Peggy enjoyed music and told wonderful stories of her childhood. She loved spending time with her husband, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and will be sadly missed by those who knew and loved her.