Margaret J. “Peggy” Volpe, age 76, of Gruber Rd., Hempfield Twp., passed away unexpectedly of an apparent heart attack on Thursday evening, June 30, 2016 in UPMC Passavant. 

Peggy was born in Greenville on July 5, 1939 to Glenn S. and Edith G. (Wilson) Hawthorne.  She was a 1957 graduate of Penn High School and had retired from the former Northern Mercer County United Way, where she had worked as an administrative assistant.  She had previously been employed in the personal department of R.D. Werner Co., as well as working at the former Mossman’s Card Shop. 

She was a lifetime member of Calvary United Methodist Church, where she sang in the choir and served on the worship committee.  She also attended Christian Assembly Church, where she taught Sunday School.  Peg had been active with the Greenville Schools P.T.A. and had served as a Brownie Troop Leader.  During her younger years she enjoyed to bowl and had belonged to a Thursday Night Ladies League at Z and Z Lanes.  Peg had been very active with the Penn High Class of 1957, as she coordinated the class dinners and served on the reunion committee.  She had also been a member of the class’s long standing ladies card club. 

Her greatest joy was her grandchildren, and Peg couldn’t wait to retire to become a full time Grammy.  On October 4, 1958 she married Robert G. Volpe, he survives at home.  Also surviving are two daughters, Shelly L. Patton and her husband Jeff of Hermitage and Brenda R. Wallace and her husband Jeff of Greenville, and three grandchildren, Hannah E. Wallace, Ryan J. Wallace, and Asher R. Patton, and three step-grandchildren, Kelley Patton, Kim Moon, and Ryan Patton. 

She was preceded in death by her parents and a grandson, Steven V. Wallace.

Memorial contributions may be made to Calvary United Methodist Church, 44 S.Mercer St., Greenville, PA 16125 or Christian Assembly Church, 111 Main St., Greenville, PA 16125.