Peggy Dryer was born in Marcellus, New York to Evangeline and Joseph Walsh. She attended Marcellus Central School from kindergarten through the twelfth grade. She attended Nazareth College, earning her teaching credential. She taught in Syracuse, New York until she moved to La Mesa, California with her sister in 1957. Peggy truly loved teaching and taught mostly second grade in the San Diego Unified School District for 30 years. Peggy is survived by her husband of 38 years, Orville “Skip” Dryer, her stepdaughter, Jeanine Dryer, her sister, Katherine “Kay” Walsh, and numerous nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her brother Joseph Walsh, sister Barbara Walsh Schreck, and her first husband, Edward Deloury. Peggy and her sister Kay, also a teacher, loved to spend their summers traveling. She traveled the world, and also enjoyed spending many summers with Ed working in Yellowstone National Park, and fishing with Skip in Canada. She loved reading books, solving puzzles, and playing solitaire and mahjong on her computer. She enjoyed keeping in touch with friends and family and was famous for her Suzy Zoo birthday cards. Peggy was a member of St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church, and was involved in many community service activities, including the Share program on Saturday mornings. Always cheerful, always supportive, always a bright spot in your day - Peggy will be dearly missed by all who knew her. You are invited to celebrate her life at a funeral mass in her honor at St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in La Mesa, CA on Saturday, July 1, 2017 at 11am.
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