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Howe, Margaret “Peggy” A. (Minor), age 57, of RD2, Proctor, formerly of Akron, Ohio, died Friday, December 12, 2008 in East Ohio Regional Hospital after a courageous battle with cancer. Peggy’s greatest love in this life was her husband, children and grandchildren, whom she spent every moment thinking of and caring for. She was born February 16, 1951 in Glen Dale, the daughter of Rose Ann VanScyoc Minor of Tallmadge, Ohio and the late Harold “Mose” Minor. She was a 1969 graduate of North High School in Akron, a member of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Moundsville, where she was very active with the Pierogi Ladies, the school, and cleaning the church. She was also a member of the Taylor’s Ridge Meet the Ladies Quilting Club and her bunco club. She enjoyed playing the violin and fiddle, which she passed on to her granddaughter. In addition to her father, she was preceded in death by her maternal grandparents Leslie and Philomena VanScyoc, and her paternal grandparents Vernon and Olive Minor. Survivors include her husband of 37 years H. Dale Howe, whom she married on August 14, 1971 in St. Joseph Catholic Church, a daughter Jeannie (Tim) Harker of Moundsville, a son John (Lorinda Mowry) Howe of Jacksonville, Florida, her mother, five sisters Cathy (Mike) Ferrell of Jacksonville, Patty (Lowell) McClellan of Uniontown, Ohio, Mary Minor Morris of Fernandina Beach, Florida, Karen Minor of Tallmadge, Linda (Danny) Schneider of Peninsula, Ohio, four grandchildren Monica Ann Harker, Emily Rose Harker, Carson Wayne Harker, Andrew Mowry, several nieces and nephews, and many good friends including Linda and Butch Miller of Proctor. Family will receive friends on Sunday from 6-8pm and on Monday from 2-4 and 6-8pm at Grisell Funeral Home and Crematory, 400 Jefferson Ave., Moundsville, WV. Vigil services Monday at 2:00pm. Funeral liturgy with Mass will be celebrated on Tuesday at 11:00am at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, 610 Jefferson Ave, Moundsville with Fr. Terrance Adams as celebrant. Interment in Riverview Cemetery, Moundsville. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church or National Breast Cancer Foundation, 2600 Network Blvd, Suite 300, Frisco, TX 75034. Sympathy expressions at grisellfuneralhomes.com.