Margaret Burton

Peggy Burton was born in Scotland in 1922, she came to Canada as a toddler with her two older sisters and parents to settle on a farm near Ruthilda, Saskatchewan. After growing up there she took a business course and entered the working world in Prince Albert where she met and married Allan Burton.

She married a pilot, but they took over his family farm near Abernethy after the war. They had four children: Louise, Jack, Donna and Bob who all survived her along with two adored grandchildren Crystal and Brydon and four great grandchildren Parker and Scarlet, Cameron and Casey. She is also survived by a sister Agnes and a host of nieces, nephews and extended family who were all important to her. Peggy was predeceased by her husband Allan in 1996, a sister Jessie and two nieces Mary and Julia.

A Celebration of Life will be held in Knox United Church, Abernethy on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 10:30 a.m. with Gladys Pavo-Penny officiating. A tea will follow in the Abernethy Hall. A family interment of cremated remains has taken place in the Abernethy Cemetery.

If friends so desire contributions in memoriam may be made to Diabetes Canada, 917 Albert Street, Regina or Knox United Church, P.O. Box 194, Abernethy S0A 0A0 .

Arrangements in care of Tubman Cremation and Funeral Services

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