Grandma Peggy Durkes, 88, of Rochester, reunited with loved ones in Heaven Sunday, December 19, 2021.

Peggy, the daughter of Floyd and Ethel Peters-Lebo, was born September 20, 1933, in Winamac.

She married James Durkes, her high school sweetheart, on August 19, 1950, and raised five feisty children in Rochester.

Throughout her life, Peggy had fun camping, spending holidays, and enjoying time at the river cottage with family and friends, playing her cards right in various clubs and around the dining room table, collecting and sharing antiques, finding treasures for all at garage sales, avoiding pictures and doctor visits, making meals without recipes, caring for others, savoring her morning and afternoon coffee, never missing celebrations or forgetting birthdays, and living life true to her values.

Peggy had an unmatched spirit, undeniable strength, and unwavering heart for serving and loving others. She made a lot of a little and freely gave to her friends, community, and church, and by spending precious time with and spoiling her grandchildren and great-grandchildren who loved her dearly.

Survivors include sister Donna Smith of Rochester; brother Bill Lebo of Gulfport, Mississippi; children Linda Hudkins (Bob) of Rochester, Sandy Callahan (Larry) of Fowler, Brenda Spencer (David) of Monticello, and Timothy Durkes (Helen) of Rochester; son-in-law Harold Costello of Morristown, Tennessee; thirteen grandchildren; thirty-two great-grandchildren; and two great-great grandchildren. Peggy was preceded in death by her husband; daughter Patti Costello; two brothers Donald and Gordon Lebo; and sister Beverly Keesey.

Visitation will be January 8, 2022, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., followed by services at Good Family Funeral Home in Rochester with burial immediately after at IOOF Cemetery.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rochester First Baptist Fellowship Guild and the Fulton County Council on Aging.

May Peggy's beautiful soul forever be remembered and rest with God.