Margaret (Peggy) Hegstad, age 90, peacefully passed away on November 9th, 2015. Peggy was born on July 17, 1925 in Elk River, MN. Her parents were Florence and Goodwin Robbins. She had three sisters. Growing up, Peggy sold worms as a child off of the highway near Elk River; she sold them for 5 cents a dozen. In high school, she watched two children after school and on Saturdays and earned $1.50/week. She then worked in an ice cream shop until entering nurse’s training in 1943. Peggy always had a desire to be a nurse; her sister Helen was also a nurse. She did her training at Trinity Hospital in Jamestown, North Dakota. After graduation, she accepted a job as a nurse at the Jamestown Clinic. At noon, Peggy would go across the street to meet friends for lunch; this is where she met her soon to be husband, Kenneth W. Hegstad. They married one year later on August 28, 1948. They ran a store in Dickey, ND and owned and ran that general store until they moved to Missouri in 1971. Peggy worked for Ellis Fischel as a surgical nurse and then later as an infection control nurse until she retired. She and Ken were winter birds in Arizona for many years where they enjoyed a good game of golf, great friends and the warm weather. They owned real estate in Columbia, which they enjoyed in their retirement years as well. Peggy enjoyed a good game of Rummikub and bingo. She loved her Cardinals baseball and her favorite Nascar guy, Carl Edwards!
Peggy loved her family and loved the Lord. She is survived by two sons; Chris Hegstad, of Columbia, and Donald Hegstad (Geri), of Hallsville, seven grandchildren; Jennifer Herd (Nick), of Hallsville, Susan Helming (Joe), of Ashland, Brian Hegstad, of Columbia, John Hegstad, of Columbia, Amanda Hyer, of Columbia, Allison Hyer, of Columbia and Elizabeth Nelson (Amos), of Mankato, MN; five great grandchildren, Reagan, Landon, Kelsey, Kathryn, and Madison; and sister Molly Eull and husband Roger of Elk River, MN.
Peggy was preceded in death by her beloved husband Kenneth Hegstad and her daughter Loretta Hegstad, her parents and two sisters.
A Celebration of Life for Peggy will take place at the New Providence Church on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at 10:00am, with a luncheon fellowship to follow.
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