Peggy Pile Elliott

Peggy Elliott (nee Mary Jane Pile) passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013. Peggy was born in Marshall, Missouri, on August 31, 1921, to Marshall and Mary Pile. After graduating from Central Methodist College in 1942, Peggy married Gladden Elliott MD, from Cabool, Missouri, on September 25, 1943. While Gladden finished medical school Peggy then worked for Ralston-Purina. Peggy and Gladden moved from St. Louis to La Mesa, California, in 1957, where Gladden practiced radiology and was active in state and local medical societies. Peggy was active in the San Diego and the California State Medical Society Auxiliaries, ARCS (Achievement Rewards for College Scientists), the Grossmont Hospital Foundation, UCSD Town & Gown, and the Wednesday Club, as well as being a generous supporter of the arts and humanities. After Gladden’s death in 2000, Peggy married high school sweetheart, Frank Pelot of Marshall, Missouri, on April 26, 2003. Survivors include her husband Frank, children Nancy (Michael) Manchee and Sarah (Gerald McCarthy) Elliott; step children Julie (Roscoe) and Michale (Greg) Kincaid; grandchildren Elliott (Michelle) and Charles Manchee, Sean (Sarah) and Collin McCarthy and Lauren Metskas; and sister-in-law Kathryn Pile. Peggy is also survived by numerous step-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Relatives and friends may meet with the family at the funeral home on Thursday afternoon from 2:30 until 5 pm. The family requests that any memorials be sent to ARCS Foundation, Inc., PO Box 8394, Rancho Santa Fe, CA 92067 (tel. 619-259-7996) or the Grossmont Hospital Foundation, PO Box 158, La Mesa, CA 91941 (tel. 619-644-4200). Merkley Mitchell Mortuary, 3655 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA (tel. 619-295-6039).