Tonks

Margaret “Peg” (Reedy) Tonks, 86, passed away Monday morning, April 11, 2022, after an extended illness at Westminster Thurber Nursing Home in Columbus, Ohio.

She moved to the Columbus area after her husband’s passing to ultimately live with her oldest son and his wife until two years ago.

Peggy, as her family called her, was born Sept. 18, 1935, in Hilliards, Pa., the daughter of John and Myrtle Cleo Reedy. She was the youngest daughter of 10 children and grew up in Hilliards and Boyers surrounded by family.

She was a 1953 graduate of Concord High School. Peg met Harold Tonks when a teenager, and they were married on June 30, 1955. Together, always as a team, they settled in West Middlesex and raised three sons and a foster daughter — Gary, Burt, Rodney and Deanna. Gary and his wife Sheila of Hilliard, Ohio, Burt and his wife Cindy of Charleston, S.C., and Rodney and his wife, Elissa, of Elwood City survive. Peg’s first love was her family, especially her three boys, whom she prayed for every night on her knees.

She was a longtime active member of the West Middlesex United Methodist Church while serving as den mother for her two older boys and working in the school cafeteria so she could be closer to her youngest son. She then was employed by and retired from Charlie’s Specialties for many years. She enjoyed annual vacations with her family when her children were young and then regular trips to Las Vegas with her husband after they had grown.

In addition to her sons, she is survived by eight grandchildren; eight great-grand- children; many nieces and nephews; and her beloved brother-in-law, Terry Flaugher, of Sharon.

TONKS — The family of Margaret “Peg” (Reedy) Tonks, who died Monday, April 11, 2022, will receive guests from 10:30 a.m. until the time of the service at 11 a.m. Saturday in J. BRADLEY MCGONIGLE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, 1090 East State St., Sharon.

Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral home, with the Rev. Earl Butterfield officiating.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.McGonigleFuneralHomeandCrematory.com

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