Margaret "Peggy" Velma Foxhall

Peggy, as she was known to all her friends, was born in Guthrie, OK on July 6, 1937. Later her family moved to the Oklahoma City area where she graduated from Northeast High School and then attended Oklahoma State University. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Education focusing on Early Childhood Development. She was married to Ollie Foxhall on July 7, 1962.

Peggy began teaching at Polk Elementary in 1959 as a Kindergarten teacher. She later became a pre-school teacher and director at the Putnam City United Methodist church and then helped to start the pre-school program at Southwest Covenant Schools in Yukon, OK. She retired from Southwest Covenant Schools as Principal to be a full-time Grandmother in 1992.

Peggy had a great passion for teaching young children. But her greatest passion was sharing Jesus Christ with everyone she encountered. Peggy taught Sunday school at Metropolitan Baptist Church for many years where she was an active member. She touched the lives of so many children through the Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and Awana programs for so many years.

She is preceded in death by her husband, Ollie, her parents, Robert and Era Steele, and sister, Jennie-Lou Brandom.

Peggy was survived by sons and their wives, Jim and Margo Foxhall and John and Dewi Foxhall, and grandchildren, Steele Foxhall and Paige Foxhall.

A memorial service is scheduled for Wednesday, October 14th at 10:00 am at Memorial Park Funeral Chapel.