Margaret "Peggy" Yurus, 94, passed away on Thursday, April 7, 2022 at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie.
She was born in Yonkers on July 2, 1927, daughter of the late Owen Joseph and Helen (McGinn) O'Brien.
Peggy is survived by her husband, John; her children, Michael (Linda), Edward (Linda), William, Susan (Richard), and Margaret (Michael); her daughter-in-law, Victoria; her grandchildren, Mary (Robert), Colleen, Daniel, Matthew, Lauren (Bryson), Ricky, Miranda, Katherine, and Michael; her great-grandchildren, John William, Theodore, Rhodes, and Ralston; as well as many nieces, nephews, and other loving relatives & friends.
Peggy was predeceased by her son John, her parents, and seven siblings.
Calling hours will be held from 7 – 9 p.m. on Sunday, April 10 and from 2 – 4 & 7 – 9 p.m. on Monday, April 11 at the McHoul Funeral Home of Fishkill, Inc., 1089 Main Street, Fishkill, NY. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 12 at St. Mary, Mother of the Church, 106 Jackson Street, Fishkill, NY. Interment will follow at Fishkill Rural Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital by visiting wwww.stjude.org.
For online tributes, you can visit Peggy's Book of Memories at www.mchoulfuneralhome.com.