Peggy (Pischke) Brown, Young, 63, died Sept. 9, 2016, of natural causes at her home in Edmond, Okla. She was born June 10, 1953, to David and Margarette (Huber) Pischke, in Racine. She attended school at East Cape, Raymond Consolidated, and North Cape, graduating from there, going on to Waterford High School where she graduated in 1971. She went to college at S.W.T.C. and then to W.W.T.C. in La Crosse, where she received highest academic honors while getting her degree of Associate in Applied Science, Accounting in 1986.
In 1973 she married Arthur Brown, who preceded her in death in 1983. They had two sons, David and Donald. In 1986 she married Dale Young of Sparta. They had twin sons, Bert and Ben, of whom she accredited much influential taking care of by older sons while living on the ‘farm.’
In her leisure, she loved gardening, crocheting and reading. To be noted, over 1,200 books from her personal collection were able to be donated after death. She recorded that John F. Kennedy, Newman and Alice Hall, and her parents were people who had influenced her most. She adored taking care of her flowers and watching the birds, pesking away the critters as they’d come about.
Survivors include her parents; children, David (Deanne) Brown, Eau Claire, Donald Brown, Tomah, Bert Young, Sparta, Ben Young, Eau Claire; brother, David (Vera) Pischke Jr.; sisters, Jacquie Schroeder, Julie (Eugene) Johnson, Joy Ellen La Russa; grandchildren, Dex, Desiree, Tulsey and Piper Brown, Christa Gamble, Ayden, Bert III, and Alexia Young; nieces; nephew; cousins; other loving relatives and friends.
She was further preceded in death by her mother-in-law, Delores ‘Lori’ Young.
A memorial service is Saturday, Nov. 5, at First Congregational Church, Rochester. Visitation is at 10 a.m., followed by the service at 11 a.m. After the service, all are invited to a reception. Further details will be announced after the service.
Mealy Funeral Home, Waterford, is helping the family.
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