Margaret “Peggy” Vogt Palafox

Margaret “Peggy” Vogt Palafox, born in El Paso, Texas, on January 5, 1930, died at home surrounded by family on January 9, 2015. She was a life long resident of El Paso. Days before her death, she joyfully celebrated her 85th birthday with friends and loved ones and happily reminisced about a lifetime of fond memories. She graduated from Loretto Academy in 1948, followed by Hotel Dieu School of Nursing in 1951. In her nursing career that followed, she worked as a surgical nurse for a neurosurgeon then later scrubbed in with Drs. Breck, Basom and Leonard of the El Paso Orthopaedic Surgery Group. After marrying and starting a family, she dedicated herself to caring for her children and partnering with her husband, Mario Palafox, MD, to build an innovative orthopaedic clinic that provided compassionate care with a loving spirit. Together, she and Mario worked long hours integrating work and family life and proudly pursued and accomplished their dreams. In addition to her professional career, she also dedicated many hours of service to the El Paso community serving on the board of the El Paso Cancer Treatment Center, as well as volunteering with the El Paso County Medical Auxiliary, among others.

She greatly enjoyed being a mother and grandmother and extended boundless generosity, kindness, and nurturing to many others who were like family to her. She loved flowers, watching football games, home remodeling shows, and her favorite daytime soap opera. The world was a better place with Peggy in it. She had a beautiful heart and strong spirit and she will be greatly missed by all who had the privilege of spending time with her.

She was preceded in death by her spouse of forty years, Mario Palafox, MD, beloved mother and father, Anastasia and Andrew Vogt, infant daughter Margaret Palafox, and brothers Charles and William Vogt. She is survived by daughters, Julie Palafox Uzzi (Tony) and Gina Palafox Roberts (Craig), and sons Andrew Palafox, MD (JoAnn), Mario Palafox (Mary), and Charlie Palafox (Camille), and grandchildren Paige Palafox Palmer and Max Palafox Palmer, Adam Palafox Roberts, Miranda Palafox Roberts, and Monica Palafox Roberts, William Joseph Palafox, Maria Francis Palafox and Gianna Grace Palafox, CharlesMario Henderson Palafox and Scarlett Elizabeth Margaret Palafox, her step-children Patricia Palafox and David Palafox, MD (Patty), her step-grandsons Thomas David Palafox (Amanda) and Patrick James Palafox, and her children’s step-children Caitlyn Christina Uzzi, Alec Ryan Owen and Ashtyn Nicholas Owen, and her niece Peggy Vogt Kramer and children.

Visitation will be held Thursday, January 15, 2015 at 5:00 PM with Rosary Service at 7:00 PM at Martin Funeral Home West. Funeral Mass will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 10:30 AM at St. Patrick Cathedral with Father Trini Fuentez officiating. Inurnment will follow at Memory Gardens of the Valley Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: St. Vincent de Paul Society, 2104 N. Piedras, El Paso, TX 79930. Services entrusted to Martin Funeral Home West, 128 North Resler Dr., El Paso, Texas 79912. www.MartinFuneralHomeWest.com.