Delaware State News (Dover, DE)

"Margaret 'Peg' Mantle Gerard, 80
SEAFORD - Margaret "Peg" Mantle Gerard of Seaford died of heart failure, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford. She was 80.
She was a retired social worker for the Division of Social Services and for Child Protective Services.
Mrs. Gerard was a longtime member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Seaford, where she was active in the Women's Auxiliary. She was the former state president of Business Professional Women and a volunteer for a mentoring program for children. She also was a member of the Soroptimist Club and the Acorn Club. She was active in Nanticoke Senior Center's Meals on Wheels, the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was former Girl Scout leader in Wilmington, and an avid bridge player.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Gerard, who died in 1970.
A service will be 10:15 a.m. Sunday at St Luke's Episcopal Church, North Street, Seaford.
Burial will be in the church's cemetery.
There also will be a memorial service at 2 p.m. on Jan. 28 at the Methodist Manor House, 901 Middleford Road, Seaford.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests contributions to St Luke's Episcopal Church, 202 North St., Seaford, DE 19973; or to the Methodist Manor House's Benevolent Fund, 901 Middleford Road, Seaford, DE 19973.
Arrangements by the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford."