Margaret L. "Peg" Sluss Obituary (1927

Margaret L. "Peg" Sluss Peg Sluss, 92, died on Sunday, February 23 at 8:37 pm surrounded by her two loving daughters Kris DeWitt and Peggy Sluss. In attendance were also Nurse Mary of Crossroads Hospice and Nurse Casie and aide Sierra of Glenwood Care Center in Canton where Peg had lived for the past six years. The cause of her death was dementia (Alzheimer's disease). Peg was born on May 5, 1927 in Louisville to Thomas and Anna (Tanner) Edwards Jr. She was the seventh of eight children: Jane (Chuck) Laughlin; Thomas (Lucille) Edwards III; Anna (Al) Flitcraft; Mary (Les) Wey (later married Ted Robson); John (Dorothy) Edwards; Doris (John) Zancourides; Shirley (Hugh) Howes. All her siblings and their spouses preceded her in death except her brother-in-law, Hugh Howes and sister-in-law, Dorothy Edwards, numerous nieces and nephews. Peg is also survived by her sister-in-law, Nancy Sluss, of Pascagoula, Mississippi. After graduating eighth grade from Pleasant Grove School and then from Louisville High School in 1945, Peg later took classes at Canton Business School where she learned accounting and other office skills. In 1952 Peg married Charles S. "Chuck" Sluss Jr. and they started their family of six children in 1955: Kris (Roger) DeWitt, Terry (Al) Admonius, KayC (Ron) Shimabukuro, JoD (David) Unkefer, Chuck (Cindy) Sluss and Peggy Sluss; 13 grandchildren, numerous great-grandchildren. Chuck and Peg owned and operated a number of businesses over the years including: Sluss Funeral Home in Louisville and later, in East Rochester, Sluss Poultry Processing, Sluss Greenhouses, Sluss Fruit and Berry Farm and Sluss Bulk Food Store. They exemplified and taught their children integrity, hard work, Yankee ingenuity and enjoyment of sport and recreational activities. They had a lake for fishing, swimming, boating, ice skating and hockey; a clay tennis court; ping-pong and pool tables. Other family activities included board and card games. All meals were enjoyed together around the big family kitchen table where other friends and family members also often joined in. Peg Sluss was the best cook in the whole world! She would bake and make thousands of Christmas cookies and candies every year gifting family and friends with her delicious treats. In later years Peg enjoyed cross-stitch quilting providing many quilts, table scarves, dish towels and other lovely items for family and friends. She spoke her love in her cooking, quilting and caring for her family. After selling the farm, retiring and moving to Arcadia, Florida, they continued to work, mowing lawns for neighboring snowbirds in their mobile home park. Peg and Chuck enjoyed numerous sports throughout their lives both before and during their 54 years together. Peg, always a tomboy, played basketball in local women's games. It was during this time that Peg met best friend Katie Jurkiewicz. They enjoyed a very close friendship, both having their youngest daughters, Shelley and Peggy, in 1962; their friendship grew until Katie's premature death in 1974. Chuck played high school football and boxed, he continued boxing during his service to our nation in the US Navy. They enjoyed mixed-doubles tennis while living in Louisville. Throughout their lives they also enjoyed hunting (bringing home a bear they shot in Canada one time) and fishing. They fished in the lake on the farm in East Rochester, in Canada, Florida and New Zealand (seven trips). Chuck and Peg watched and followed numerous professional, college and high school sporting events. They enjoyed following girls high school basketball games for years. Chuck died October 8, 2007 after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Peg lived on in Minerva until mentation changes negated her independent living; she moved into Glenwood Care Center where she was well cared for by the wonderful staff. Thanks go to the Glenwood nursing, dietary, housekeeping, maintenance, laundry, social services, activities, physical therapy, administrative and office staff there. A special loving thank-you goes to Nurse Casie Farmer. The family would also like to thank Crossroads Hospice of Green, Ohio for their nursing and spiritual care and attention to Peg and family. Chuck and Peg had numerous friends in Ohio, Florida and New Zealand. Very special friends Tete McCauley, Edie Parsons, Arlene Sickles and Elaine Shields survive Peg. Both Chuck and Peg were cremated and wished no services to follow. However, daughter Peggy will have a Celebration of Life for them on Sunday, March 8, 2020 between 2-4 pm. All family and friends are welcome to attend. The celebration will be at the Education Center, 111 North Mill Street in Louisville, Ohio 44641. The building and parking are in the rear of the Insurance Center Paumier Agency, 231 East Main Street, Louisville. To share a memory, send condolences or sign the online guest book, visit us at www.SchneebergerFuneral.com. Schneeberger 330-456-8237