Peggy Jean Sidlo

2018 at the age of 83. Peggy was born to parents Norman Alexander and Margaret J.

(Lauer) Terrell on February 5, 1935 in Cleveland, OH. She was the eldest of five

children and attended North Olmsted High School. After graduating she modeled for

Halle’s Department store and worked in a dental clinic, this led to her meeting her future

husband at a dental convention. In 1955 she married, Kenneth Boye and they moved to

Miami, FL where he practiced dentistry. In 1956, Ken was diagnosed with cancer and

they moved to Buffalo, NY for treatment. Unfortunately Ken passed away that year,

shortly after the birth of their daughter, Karen. Peggy then moved back to North Olmsted

with Karen, where in September of 1957 she married Paul R. Sidlo. They had two more

daughters and a loving and wonderful marriage of nearly 61 years. In 1960, after Paul

completed dental school, they moved to Florida. They lived on Saddleback Lake in Lutz

for 30 + years where they raised their family.

In 1975 Peggy went back to school at St Petersburg Junior College, diligently traveling

across the bay from Lutz for two years, where she obtained her degree to become a

Registered Dental Hygienist . She worked as a dental hygienist with Paul, in Lutz, FL

until their retirement in 1996. Peggy and Paul loved to travel. There travels took them to

Colorado to snow ski and to many more exotic places like Australia, Hawaii, Europe and

Japan. She loved the Japanese culture; from the clothing, furnishings, and food to the

bonsai trees, tea ceremony, and her beloved koi pond. She had many talents. Peggy

was quite artistic. She had an eye for fashion, for architecture, flower arranging, sewing,

ceramics and much, much more.She had an amazing Christmas village collection that

she filled the house with every Christmas for years. And then there is her love for teddy

bears, actually, everything to do with bears. While her vocation was dental hygiene, her

love, pride and joy was her family. They came first, her husband, her daughters, and her

granddaughters meant so much to her.

Peggy’s love for Paul was apparent to all who knew them. Peggy was the kind of mother

who made sure her children had a great home life. She loved planning special occasions

for her daughters and surprising them. She would have special dinners for them where

they would dress for the occasion and learn about the country or theme surrounding

it. She made sure they were involved in all kinds of activities; ballet, drama, soccer,

gymnastics, basketball, softball, swimming, and horseback riding were a few of their

activities Peggy always supported. She made sure they had a great scouting

experience by being actively involved with them from earning badges, learning the silly

songs, selling cookies to camping experiences, Mom was always there. Her love of

sewing led to some imaginative Halloween costumes which helped make up for having

much of their Trick or Treat candy confiscated. Mom always provide them with

encouragement and love in all that they did, something they will cherish for the rest of

their lives.

Peggy loved to spoil her granddaughters, taking them to Mermaid shows, Tea Houses,

Christmas Houses, the Zoo, American Girl Store, Red Hat Society Tea Parties and

more. But the best were the little things; like going to Bob Evans for strawberry French

toast, naming the orangutans at the zoo, playing board games for hours, watching the

“Golden Girls” together and laughing until they cried, tucking them into bed while singing

the silliest songs to them, and talking with them while she meticulously groomed her

hair and “put her face on” the next morning.As they got older she loved to send them

little notes, coupons, and “mad” money while in college and their birthday and other

special occasion cards were always directly on point.

Peggy loved animals, especially dogs. Some of her earliest photos show her carrying

around a dog, a pretty big one for a 5 year old! The family had two beautiful German

Shepherds while living in Lutz, first “Skuffy” and then “ Brutus”. Most recently her pride

and joy have been her “ Granddogs” owned by Terry and Jill. You know she loved them

because of the sign over her door, “ Grand Pets Spoiled Here”.

Peggy is survived by her loving husband, Paul of Tampa,FL; her daughter and son in

law, Karen and Burns Warfield of Madison, GA ; daughter, Terry Sidlo of Tampa, FL and

daughter, Jill Sidlo of Tampa, FL ; granddaughters, Sarah Warfield of Salem, OR ,

Elizabeth Warfield, Rachel Warfield, and Hannah Warfield all of Madison, GA ; her

sisters, Nancy Jane Lewis and Gail Ann Johnston ; brother, Norman “Butch” Terrell

and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Norman and

Margaret; and her sister Sandra Lee Sevic.

A gathering of family and friends, to celebrate her life, will be at Blount and Curry

Funeral Home from 2 - 4 PM on Sunday July 29. After cremation, a private committal

service and burial at The Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, FL will take place. The

family is grateful for the condolences, love and support they have received.

Donations in Peggy’s name can be made to :

Florida United Methodist Children’s Home

51 Children’s Way

Enterprise, FL 32725