Peggy Diane Graham

Peggy Diane Graham of Escondido California passed away on Sunday the 23rd of April 2023 at the age of 62. She was born on the 10th of December 1960 in San Diego California where she grew up a very active child. Her youth was spent on many hobbies including sewing, reading, girl scouts, hiking, and camping with her friends and family.

Peggy graduated from Clairemont High School in 1979 and earned her AS in accounting from Mesa College in 1983. Her education did not stop there as she spent time earning certifications from the UCSD extension program in multiple computer programming languages.

Peggy started her career as a bookkeeper for Ed Dales, transitioning from there to Powermark/Square D where she took over accounting and programming. After the birth of her second child and a round of lay-offs at Powermark she moved to Reighter-Lowry consulting. Reighter-Lowry would merg and be acquired through the years to become Datastream Business Solutions, a division of Psomas, and later a section of Harris and Associates. Throughout all of these transitions of over 30 years from Reighter-Lowry to Harris Peggy was a go-to for problem solving and a gifted programmer.

Over the years Peggy actively participated in many organizations. She was a lifelong member of the Zoological Society of San Diego, believing in their mission to help save and preserve threatened species and habitats. She enjoyed the outdoors hiking and camping throughout her youth and her children’s youth with them. In her children’s youth she took an active role in little league, volunteering to be a scorekeeper for their games and many others. She volunteered for many events at her children’s schools, chaperoning school trips and helping in special events just to mention a few. She spent many evenings with her children at taekwondo classes, FFA events, and Band events. For both FFA and Band she invested many selfless hours helping to fundraise and improve the organizations however she could.

Peggy is survived by her husband Malcolm Graham, her sons Cameron Graham and Ross Graham, daughter (in law) Diana Tao, mother Loretta Alley, father John Alley, her brothers John Alley and Ray Alley. In addition to direct family, Peggy had 3 boys she considered just as much her own extended children, Wesley Wettig, Aaron Platt and Chris Proffit, and her extended grandson Alexander Platt.

Family and friends are invited to attend a celebration of Peggy’s life at 1919 East Valley Parkway, Escondido, CA, 92027 on May 30th, 2023, at 11 AM.

Peggy was at her core a beloved mother, friend, and lover and will be sorely missed by those who knew her.