Peggy Lorine Fitzgerald
Peggy Lorine Fitzgerald
May 25, 1958 – February 15, 2014
Peggy resided in St. Charles, MO which allowed her to be close to her children and friends.
On February 15, 2014, Peggy joined her Father, Mack Fitzgerald, her Grand-Parents, with other family and friends in eternal life.
She is survived by her Mother, Bonita (Bonnie) Fitzgerald-Bernstein and her step-Father, Stanley Bernstein both from Richardson, TX; her children, Richard Ensminger, Jamie Ensminger-Dobbs with her husband Evan Dobbs, Peggy’s first grandchild Felicity Dobbs, and Kari Kohenskey, all of the St.Louis, MO area. She is also survived by two sisters, Donna Fitzgerald-Sergent of Ft. Smith, AR, and Karen Fitzgerald-Wolf with her husband, Chuck Wolf of Panama City Beach, FL; three nieces and one nephew, Tanner Losson, Lauren Sergent, Bethany Sergent, and Tammy Losson and many loving Aunts, Uncles, and cousins.
Peggy was born in Honolulu, HI. She was able to experience life in many countries and places, including, Australia, Singapore, and several cities in the United States. She attended college at Baylor University and later completed her Nursing Degree at St. Charles Community College. Peggy’s most enjoyed part of life, were her children. Peggy was an advocate for NAMI (National Association of Mentally Ill), which included educating first responders with procedures for handling challenging cases. She sought answers for strengthening families and remained in pursuit of raising the public’s awareness for those coping with and suffering from mental illness.
Peggy was loved by her family and will be greatly missed.
Since the creation of Peggy’s obituary, we’ve realized and learned that the use of the term “Mental Illness” is inaccurate. Broken hearts and broken souls are symptoms caused by physical neurological imbalances coupled with day-to-day influences of each persons life. Peggy had a Physical Illness and coping mechanisms aren’t always known or available, thus broken hearts and souls are the most difficult to heal. I miss by Big Sister, Peggy. May friends and family of Peggy show the utmost of LOVE and RESPECT in her memory. May she now be at peace with God. ~Baby Sis.
Peggy was a dear friend of mine for many years. I work at NAMI St. Louis and she and I facilitated a support group together for several years. It had been a while since we met for lunch as we had done many times. Please accept my deepest sympathies. I will miss her and NAMI is losing a great advocate and volunteer. Please let me know what happened if you would. Peggy had a huge heart and helped so many people. My sincerest sympathies.
Peggy was my oldest friend in the world. We met when I was 8yrs old and she was 7. We met in Australia and her family affected the course of the lives of mine in a way that we are eternally grateful for. I am so sorry for the way that she had to suffer for so many years and have always remembered the long, four hour conversation that I had with Mack the last time I saw him where he explained it all to me. Lots of love Peggy – I will always be grateful to have had you as my friend.
Peggy is my oldest sister. She was so smart, stubborn, determined and sincere. There are many “what if” and “if only” thoughts, but I know that is not what she wanted us to do. Our Mom, Bonnie, wrote a beautiful tribute on her Facebook. She will happily accept the friendship of any of you who knew my sister, and I will too. We loved Peggy. NAMI was important to her and I hope each of us can figure out how to help others from her life.