On November 21, 2020, Margaret “Peggy” Maie Wheltle passed away. She was the daughter of Albert F. Sr. and Ruth Wheltle; the sister of the late Daniel J. Loden, George B. Loden and Albert F. Wheltle Jr. Peggy is survived by her sister-in-law, Patricia Wheltle, and countless nieces and nephews.
Peggy graduated from Notre Dame Preparatory High School in 1952 then went onto Mount Saint Agnes College graduating in 1956 with a B.A. in Business. She then returned to school to become a lawyer. She received her J.D. degree (Dr. of Jurisprudence) in 1959 from the University of Maryland School of Law. She worked with her father in his law firm of Harley, Wheltle, Victor, and Rosser from 1959-1964. She switched careers and went to work as Director of Development at her alma mater, Mt. St. Agnes College, 1964-1967.
She attended Catholic University from 1967-1969 in the pursuit of a degree in Theology and was employed in their Development Office during her studies there.
She left Catholic University to join the Benedictine Sisters in South Dakota as a postulant in their order. While in the convent, she taught Theology and Business Law in their high school at Harmony Hill, SD. After a year she felt it necessary to return home to take care of her mother who was very ill.
After her mother died, she went back to school and finished her graduate studies - a Masters Degree in Sacred Theology at St. Mary’s Seminary in Baltimore. She was the first woman to graduate from this Seminary/University in 1972.
Peggy worked as the Coordinator for Religious Education for Adults and Children from 1971-1974 at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Congregation, at the same time, lecturing independently to different groups on theology, law, and travel.
Following in her father’s footsteps in his many years of volunteer work with the Little Sisters of the Poor, Peggy organized twenty-one women in the community to form the Ladies’ Auxiliary of St. Martin’s Home. That Auxiliary went strong for 36 years, thanks to Peggy and those devoted women. They did anything and everything to help the Little Sisters in their Mission of administering to the elderly poor.
From 1979-1985, Peggy taught theology at Mount de Sales Academy as well as holding the position of Department Chair.
Besides all her many other accomplishments, Peggy felt she attained two extraordinary ones:
• She was licensed as a member of the Supreme Court in 1959;
• She was invested as a Dame in the Order of Malta in 1991, again following in her father’s footsteps who had been a Knight of Malta.
All through her life, she traveled extensively. She even tried her hand at running her own travel agency. She took trips to every state in the US and 36 countries and she continued to correspond with many of the people she met on those trips. Traveling by herself was never an issue because, like Will Rogers said, “A stranger is just a friend I haven’t met yet.”
Family and friends are invited to visit at the Church of the Resurrection Catholic Church, 3175 Paulskirk Drive, Ellicott City, 21042 on Saturday, November 28, 2020 from 12PM to 2PM, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2PM. The Funeral Mass will be Live-Streamed on the Church of the Resurrection Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/resellicottcity. Burial will be Private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Little Sisters of the Poor, 601 Maiden Choice Lane, Catonsville, MD 21228 or to the Maryland Food Bank, www.mdfoodbank.org
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