Margueretta C. “Peggy”
Burnett
December 15, 2011
Margueretta
C. “Peggy” Burnett, 98, of Mooresville, Indiana, died
in her home on December 15, 2011, at 10:05 a.m. with her family
in attendance.
She was born on February 16, 1913,
in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Joseph E. Cash and Josephine Uldrich
Cash. She attended Morristown High School in Morristown,
NJ where she met her future husband George P. Burnett whom she
married in 1937.
After high school, she attended
the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown, NJ. and All Souls
Hospital, Morristown, NJ., where she became a registered nurse.
In subsequent years, she was a registered nurse in three
states; New Jersey, Illinois, and Indiana. Upon George’s
retirement from the Prudential Insurance Company, they moved
to Warsaw, Ind. where they lived for 32 years. She was
a member of Sacred Heart Parish in Warsaw, St. Paul’s Church
in Marion, Ind., and Our Lady of the Greenwood in Greenwood,
Ind. She was actively pro life. She was an avid square
dancer and called rounds for 10 years. The Burnetts wintered
in Florida where they worked in the Migrant Literacy Council
and were awarded the Volunteer of the year award. They
tutored migrant workers in Florida and Vietnamese migrants in
Warsaw.
Survivors include: 2 daughters
Mrs. Herb (Ellen) Spitzer, Marion, Ind. and Mrs. Mike (Ann) Kreicker,
Indianapolis, Ind.; one son George Jr. (and wife Mary Ann Tawney)
Burnett, Bluegrass, Iowa; 16 grandchildren, 27 great grandchildren
and 1 great-great granddaughter. She was preceded in death
by her parents, her loving husband George and her daughter Alyce
Tylicki.
Services are entrusted to McHatton-Sadler
Funeral Chapels, Warsaw, Ind. Visitation will be held at
the Funeral Home in Warsaw on Tuesday, December 20, 2011, from
4:00-7:30 p.m. with sharing time at 6:30 p.m. Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church on Wednesday,
December 21, 2011, at 12:00 noon with Father Phil DeVolder officiating.
Burial will be held at Oakwood Cemetery, Warsaw, Indiana.
Memorials are to made to Indiana
Right to Life and St. Paul’s Church in Arcadia, Fla.
(12-17-2011)
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