A funeral service honoring Peggy’s life will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2020, at New Horizons Foursquare Church, 641 Horizon Dr., Grand Junction, Colorado 81506. Interment will follow at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.
Peggy Ruth (Cox) Loffreda was born to Lilla and Eugene Cox on July 22, 1931 in Faulkner, Mississippi. She spent her childhood and attended schools in Olathe and Delta, Colorado.
On May 24, 1975, Peggy married the love of her life, Joe Loffreda, in Grand Junction. Together they celebrated 39 years of love and marriage before Joe’s passing on July 23, 2014.
For twenty-one years she worked as a bookkeeper at Plateau Equipment Supply, which she co-owned with her husband, Joe Loffreda. She enjoyed bowling, going on trips with her family, and watching football, baseball and basketball. She was a member of the New Horizons Foursquare Church in Grand Junction for many years. Above all, she was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother.
Peggy is survived by one daughter, Sherry (Jim) Hixson of Craig; one son, Thomas Loffreda of Grand Junction; one step-daughter, Maria Loffreda of Tucson, AZ; one step-son, Dan (Pushita) Loffreda of Dallas, TX; and one sister, Edith Creighton of Seattle, WA. She is further survived by eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren; and one nephew, Kirk Creighton of Anchorage, AK.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Peggy’s memory to New Horizons Foursquare Church.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of Callahan-Edfast Mortuary.
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