Margaret 'Peggy' Wareham, devoted wife, mother

Margaret (Peggy) Claire Wareham, nee Farrelly, passed away peacefully Monday, March 21, 2016, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in the presence of her children and husband. She was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Chicago, Ill., daughter of the late James and Marion (nee Walsh) Farrelly.

Peggy was known for her gregariousness, intelligence, humor and wit. She was unfailing in her devotion as a wife and mother; continually putting the needs of others ahead of herself. Peggy was gifted in needlepoint and embroidery.

"The Irish - be they kings or poets or farmers, they’re a people of great worth. They keep company with the angels and bring a bit of heaven here to earth."

Peggy is the loving wife of Robert C. Wareham; beloved stepdaughter of the late Roberta Farrelly; beloved mother of Robert (Valerie) Wareham, James (Laura) Wareham, Thomas (Jodie) Wareham, and Kimberly Wareham; beloved sister of the late James D. (Adrienne) Farrelly, Gerald (Barbara) Farrelly, Dennis M. (Diana) Farrelly, Sr. Mary Megan “Elizabeth” Farrelly, Patrick F. (Kay) Farrelly, John E. (Vicki) Farrelly, Terrence “Deg” Farrelly, and Deidre (William) Dreger; and dear grandmother of Kristina, Sean, Amanda, Jeremy, Collin, Blake, Kevin and Luke.

All services will be private at the Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Millsboro.

Donations may be made in Peggy’s memory to the Hydrocephalus Association at www.hydroassoc.org or to the Juvenile Diabetes Association at www.jdrf.org.

Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, Lewes.

Please visit Peggy’s Life Memorial Webpage and sign her online guestbook at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.