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By JANE E. ROTTIER
timmmct New* Contributing Writer
Services were held for Margaret (Peggy) Harty Eastham on Feb. 12 * at the Flint Hill Methodist Church with Rev. Merlin Shorb officiating. Peggy was killed on Feb. 7 in an auto accident on Route 647.
A eulogy was given by Jane Eastham Rottier, her sister-in-law, which was followed by a solo on a penny whistle by her cousin, Heidi Eastham.
Due to the icy roads, many would-be mourners could not make it to the funeral and have requested that the eulogy be printed in the Rappahannock News for their benefit:
We are here today to commemorate the life of Margaret Harty Eastham - dear to most of us as Peggy - my sister-in-law, she was a model mother, devoted wife, dutiful daughter, loving sister, aunt, cousin / and friend.
Peggy was bom in Georgetown, D.C. to Thomas F. and Ida Harty, October 30, 1934. She was one of four children-in order of appearance: Thomas, Peggy, Barbara and Catherine.
She was working for the Marriot Corporation when she met my brother, Granville-Tom to her family. Actually, they met at a Little League Baseball game in Falls Church. They were married in Falls Church and Peggy became an important help to Granville in his jewelry shop and when he became mayor. Their son, Tommy, was bom there.
They retired to Rappahannock County where they spent many happy days together. It was then that Peggy got to know her sister-inlaw, Janet Eastham, well; they became fast friends and confidantes. Janet has been a strong thread in the weave of Peggy’s later life.
In recent years, her close association with Lindsay and Heidi Eastham and their two children, allowed her to joy in being a part of a young family.
Peggy wrote her own eulogy upon the hearts of everyone who i knew her. Our family’s lives were enriched by her integrity, strength, love and courage in the face of almost insurmountable trials placed before her.
Peggy had a great respect for human worth, whether it was the workman on her farm or friends or family, or professional people whom she encountered along her journey.
She also had a love of animals and did not have the heart to turn away the many cats that were dropped off at her farm. She doled out huge amounts of food to them as she called each by name.
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