Margaret "Peg" McFarland

Mrs. McFarland was born December 9, 1921 at Bearlake, PA the daughter of Rollin and Louie (Bailey) Cooper.

She received her education from Mars High School, Slippery Rock University and Suburban General Hospital School of Nursing, Belview, PA.

Mrs. McFarland retired from Freedom Area School as a nurse.

She was a member of the Lakeside United Methodist Church and the Women’s Bible Study Group.

Mrs. McFarland was a member of the PA Association of School Employees, PASE, the traveling groundhogs group and was a 75 year member of several granges. She enjoyed crocheting, sewing and reading.

She is survived by two children; Harold McFarland and his husband Ross Griffith of Fort Myers, FL and Luella Kreiger and her husband Jim of Sykesville, two grandchildren; Thomas “Tom” Krieger and his wife Trish and Kerry Clifford, two great grandchildren; Max and Dalton Clifford, a brother, Russell Cooper of Bluffton, SC and a sister, Florence Craig of Dayton, OH.

Mrs. McFarland was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Melvin Q. “Bart” McFarland and a sister, Shirly Bruce.

Funeral services will be held at the Lakeside United Methodist Church on Tuesday, February 17, 2015 at 11:00 AM with Rev. Robert Zilhaver officiating. Interment will be at Sylvania Hills Memorial Park, Rochester, PA.

Friends will be received at the Mohney Yargar Funeral Chapel, Inc., of DuBois on Monday, February 16, 2015 from 2-4 and 7-9 PM and on Tuesday at the church from 10:00 AM until the hour of services.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Lakeside United Methodist Church, 420 First Street, DuBois, PA 15801.

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