Virginia Peggy Lee Riley Garrison, 84

Virginia Peggy Lee Riley Garrison, died May 16, 2010, at home in the arms of her husband and three children. She was 84 years old and was born on March 5, 1926, in Troy, the fourth of eight children born to Jack and Elma Williams. Peggy is best remembered for her love of family and friends, especially children. She was first and foremost a superior mother. Peggy quit school to care for her three little sisters when their father died and their mother was employed as a cook in logging camps to support her family of eight children. She always thought of these sisters as my girls and loved and cared for them as a mother would all of her life. She constantly had some child, her own and those of others, to care for and it was her greatest joy in life. She also made time for golf, sewing, reading and flower gardening. She loved to cook for her family, using many recipes handed down from her mother, Elma. Each of her children had a favorite recipe that Peggy never failed to make when that child came home for a visit. She is dearly loved, missed and survived by her husband, Jim Garrison; daughter, Sandy and Chuck Lehman; sons, Mike and Don Riley; former husband, Rick Riley, of Kalispell; foster children, Frank and Maria Diaz; granddaughter, Aimee, and Eric Goldberg; grandson, Pete Dero; stepchildren, Jay Garrison and Marshanna, and Jamie and Chris Robertson; step-grandchildren, Steve and Michelle Lehman, Lori and Carl Benson, Bria and Michael Perozzo, Jared Garrison, and Catrina and Nick Robertson; and great-grandchildren, Riley and Ethan Bolton, Carlee and Annie Benson, Braeden Lehman, Gwen Robertson, and Luke and Keziah Perozzo. Peggy is also survived by her sisters, Patsy and Joe Rocco, Joy and Bill Pegue, and Geri and Lou Perrine; and brothers, Don and Alene Williams, and George and Maxine Williams; as well as many beloved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her father, Jack; mother, Elma; stepfather, John Beckert; and sisters, Janiel Souther and Viola Krantz. Tragically, she lost her youngest daughter, Charlotte Jean Riley, in 1997. Peggy s life was celebrated at a funeral Mass May 18 at St. William s Catholic Church in Thompson Falls, officiated by Father Ken. She has been laid to rest next to her beloved daughter, Charlotte, at White Pine Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, Peggy requested memorials to TRAC s or Sanders County Home Hospice.