Mary Phyllis (Jenkins) Peart

PEART

            Mary Phyllis Peart, 91, our sweet loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother joined her husband in Heaven on Saturday, April 15, 2023, at the University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago while on a short visit to the city with family.

            Mary was born to the late Alvin Ray and Phyllis McHenry Jenkins on August 9, 1931. She was a graduate of Plattsburgh High School and Community Hospital School of Nursing. She married the love of her life, Gary in 1954, with whom she was married for 68 years until he passed away on February 21, 2023.

            Mary worked as a nurse in the early years at Community Hospital, Springfield while Gary was away in the Navy, and then stepped away to raise their children later returning to work for the Madison County Health Department, Loving Care Hospice, and as a school nurse and Madison County Hospital Outpatient Clinic. She volunteered at the Madison County Senior Center and was a loyal member of the London First Presbyterian Church where she served on the Mission and Deacon Committees, Help House and Welcome Table, and learned the ins and outs of ZOOM meetings at the age of 89.

            Always the proud farmer’s wife, Mary enjoyed farming with her husband and sons always taking warm three course meals to the field for suppertime well into her eighties until she handed over the reins. She loved square dancing with the Lake Choctaw Twirlers, sparkle and bling, shopping, reading, sewing, mowing, swinging on the gazebo with Dad, vacationing around the world, beating all of us at shuffleboard in Florida, playing euchre with their special friends, the Mattinson's, and tending to her roses, hostas, and snapdragons, but most of all she loved spending time with her cherished family.

            Mary is survived by her children David (Cheri) Peart, Tim (Gina) Peart, Jamie (Valerie) Peart, and Marianne Toops of London; eleven grandchildren: Aimee Cain, Erika (Tommy) Motsinger, Ali Peart, Emily (Josh) Turvy, Taylor Peart, Hilary Peart, Ruth and Luke Peart, Brooke (Kyle) Stevens, Lindsay Toops (Hunter Ratliff), and Logan Toops (Megan Pennington); nine great-grandchildren: Liam and Emma Motsinger, Mason and Julia Turvy, Madeleine Herdman and Evelyn Conley, Suzanne, Kirk and Marynn Stevens; sister-in-law Cheryl Keller, brothers-in-law John (Kathy) Peart and Paul Turnbull; many nieces and nephews.

            She was preceded in death by her parents; beloved husband Gary in February 2023; brothers: Junior Jenkins, Darryl Jenkins, Larry Jenkins, and Reggie Jenkins; sisters Betty Richard and Patricia Billet; beloved dogs Lucy and Gypsy.

            Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday, April 20, 2023, in the London First Presbyterian Church, 211 Garfield Avenue, London, Ohio 43140, with Rev. Désirée M. Youngblood, Pastor officiating. Interment will immediately follow in Pleasant Cemetery, Mount Sterling. The family will receive friends at the church on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, from 5:00 – 7:00 PM, and on Thursday from 12:00 PM until the time of services.

            Memorials in Mary’s name can be made directly to the London First Presbyterian Church. Envelopes will be available during services.

            The family is being served by the EBERLE-FISHER FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY, 103 North Main Street, London, where condolences are encouraged to be shared online at www.eberlefisherfuneralhome.com.

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