Margaret S. ‘Peg’ Filkins
Margaret S. Filkins
WESTERLO – Margaret Filkins died at her home on Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2019. She was 95.
Mrs. Filkins was born on Jan. 26, 1923, in Hoboken, New Jersey, to the late Leonard Sr. and May Daley Storm. Her family moved to Westerlo when she was a child and she graduated from Greenville Central School in 1941.
After graduating, Mrs. Filkins went to work for General Electric for five years, before becoming a clerk at the Westerlo Post Office, where she worked for 44 years, retiring in 1990.
On June 16, 1946, she married Clyde L. Filkins, who her family in a tribute described as “the love of her life.” They were married for 61 years, the marriage ending only with Mr. Filkins’s death in 2007.
Mrs. Filkins enjoyed playing cards, and played twice a week with many friends. When she was younger, she also traveled, camped, and snowmobiled locally and all over the county.
“She was loved by everyone and was known for her generosity, her compassion, and for her knowledge of life, which positively affected a lot of people,” her family wrote in a tribute. “Peg will be remembered especially for her spunk.”
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Mrs. Filkins is survived by her nephews, Richard Storm and his wife, Wendy; Raymond Storm and his wife, Karen; Dennis Boomhower; Dennis Cummings; Merritt Chamberlain; Dennis Le Buis and his wife, Debbie; Robert Le Buis and his wife, Roberta; and Donald Le Buis and his wife, Donna; as well as by many great- and great-great nieces and nephews; and her friends and neighbors, Val and Howie Slingerland.
Her parents, Leonard Sr. and May Daley Storm, died before her, as did her husband, Clyde L. Filkins; her brother, Leonard Storm Jr.; and her nieces, Marlene Boomhower; Lee Crosier; Janice Bassler and her husband, Fred; Charis Cummings; and Diane Chamberlain.
Calling hours will be held on Sunday, Jan. 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the A.J. Cunningham Funeral Home, located at 4898 Route 81, Greenville, with a funeral service immediately following. She will be buried in the Westerlo Rural Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to either the Westerlo Reformed Church, Post Office Box 70, Westerlo, NY 12193; or to the Westerlo Rescue Squad, Post Office Box 12, Westerlo, NY 12193.
