Peggy Y. Gilchrist, 67, Overland Park, passed away December 11, 2009. A visitation will be held from 6-8 P.M., Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at D.W. Newcomer’s Sons Johnson County Chapel, 11200 Metcalf, Overland Park, Kansas. Peggy will be cremated and a private family inurnment will be held at Johnson County Memorial Gardens. Contributions may be made in Peggy’s memory to Kansas City Hospice, 9221 Ward Parkway, Suite 100, Kansas City, Missouri 64114 or Deanna Rose Farmstead, 13800 Switzer Rd., Overland Park, Kansas 66221.
Peggy was born in Kansas City, Missouri to Lynn Stephens and Bette Dewey on March 1, 1942. She attended Washington High School and University of Kansas. She was a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority.
She married James E. Gilchrist on November 2, 1963 and they raised two sons, Brad and Jason. After her children were raised, Peggy worked as a personal shopper for the Jones Store Co. She loved the outdoors and was an avid tennis player and golfer as her many friends will attest.
Peggy was preceded in death by her father, Charles J. Dewey.
Peggy is survived by her loving husband, Jim and their two sons, Bradford C. Gilchrist and his wife Amy of Wichita, Kansas and J. Jason Gilchrist of Overland Park, Kansas; grandchildren, Georgianne and Porter Gilchrist; and her mother, Bette J. Dewey.
I’m Free
Don’t cry for me, for now I’m free,
I’m following the path God laid for me.
I took His hand when I heard Him call,
I turned my back and left it all.
I could not stay another day,
To laugh, to love, to cry, or play.
Tasks left undone must stay that way.
I found that peace at the close of the day.
If my parting has left a void,
Then fill it with remembered joy.
A friendship shared, a laugh, a kiss,
Ah yes, these things I too, will miss.
Be not burdened with times of sorrow.
I wish you the sunshine of tomorrow.
My life’s been full, I’ve savored much.
Good friends, good times, a loved one’s touch.
Perhaps my time seemed all too brief,
Don’t lengthen it now with undue grief.
Lift up your heart and share with me
God wanted me now, He set me free.