Peggy Ruth (Cox) Loffreda
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Joe Loffreda - May 24, 1975
Burial Details
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The Daily Sentinel page 4B - January 22, 2020
Grand Junction resident,
Peggy Ruth Loffreda, died
peacefully, surrounded by her
family, on Friday, January 17,
2020, at Memorial Regional
Health in Craig, Colorado. She
was 88.
A funeral service honoring
Peggy’s life will be held at 2:00
p.m., Saturday, January 25, 2020, at New Horizons Foursquare
Church, 641 Horizon Dr., Grand Junction, Colorado 81506.
Interment will follow at Orchard Mesa Cemetery.
Peggy Ruth (Cox) Loffreda was born to Lilla and Eugene Cox on
July 22, 1931, in Faulkner, Mississippi. She spent her childhood and
attended schools in Olathe and Delta, Colorado.
On May 24, 1975, Peggy married the love of her life, Joe Loffreda,
in Grand Junction. Together they celebrated 39 years of love and
marriage before Joe’s passing on July 23, 2014.
For 21 years she worked as a bookkeeper at Plateau Equipment
Supply, which she co-owned with her husband, Joe. She enjoyed
bowling, going on trips with her family, and watching football,
baseball and basketball. She was a member of the New Horizons
Foursquare Church in Grand Junction for many years. Above all,
she was a devoted wife and loving mother and grandmother.
Peggy is survived by daughter, Sherry (Jim) Hixson of Craig; son,
Thomas Loffreda of Grand Junction; step-daughter, Maria Loffreda
of Tucson, AZ; step-son, Dan (Pushita) Loffreda of Dallas, TX,
and sister, Edith Creighton of Seattle, WA. She is further survived
by eight grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren, and nephew, Kirk
Creighton of Anchorage, AK.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made in Peggy’s
memory to New Horizons Foursquare Church.
Arrangements are under the care and direction of CallahanEdfast Mortuary.
