Peggy Sternburg, 58, Platte, S.D., died Tuesday, July 24, 2001, at Queen of Peace Hospital in Mitchell, S.D. She was the mother of Judy Chesley, Luverne.
Services were Friday, July 27, at Olive Presbyterian Church in Platte. Burial was in Platte City Cemetery.
Peggy Brumbaugh was born to Ray and Lucy (Teeslink) Brumbaugh on April 7, 1943, on the family farm north of Platte. She attended rural country school and graduated from Platte High School.
She married Ron Sternburg on Sept. 2, 1962, in Platte. She worked as a cook in several businesses around Platte. She also was a caretaker for the elderly.
Mrs. Sternburg liked playing cards and visiting with her friends at coffee shops.
Survivors include her husband, Ron Sternburg, Platte; one son and daughter-in-law, Rick and Jody Sternburg, Platte; three daughters and two sons-in-law, Ronda and Dan Haushild and Kerri Sternburg, all of Sioux Falls, and Judy and Stephan Chesley, Luverne; five grandchildren, Rachel and Richard Sternburg, Heather, Austin and Levi Haushild; and four sisters, Bertha (Dale) Franssens, Corky Brumbaugh, and Ruth (Marvin) Hiemstra, all of Platte, and Betty (Harry) Luurs, Yankton, S.D.
Mrs. Sternburg was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Robert, James and Wayne, and two sisters, Edith DeJong and Noma Jean Cummings.
Platte Funeral Chapel, Platte, was in charge of arrangements.