Peggy Jo Esmond

Peggy Jo Esmond

Peggy Jo Esmond, 75, of Findlay, and formerly of Carpentersville, died at 12:55 a.m. Sunday, June 16, 2019, at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.

Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 29, at Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville, IL. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home.

Her family will gather at a later date for the burial in Glenwood Cemetery in Shelbyville.

Memorials can be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

She was born on Nov. 2, 1943, in Anna, the daughter of Joseph A. and Cora T. Hubbs Goddard.  

She graduated in 1960 from Anna-Jonesboro Community High School and later from Michael Reese Hospital School of Nursing. 

She married Newell Garside Esmond on June 24, 1967. 

She was a registered nurse for all of her adult life, working in the Sherman Hospital emergency room in Elgin, and retired in December 2002 from the Elgin Mental Health Center as nursing administrator.  

She and Newell retired to the Lake Shelbyville area and made it their home. She enjoyed spending time with her family and cooking.  

She is survived by her husband, Newell; daughters Melissa Lye of Findlay, Tina (Michael) Kruse of Pingree Grove and Tanya Esmond of Elgin; a brother, Jack Goddard of Trotwood, Ohio; grandchildren Amanda Cora Lye, Ethan J.E. Lye, Liam K. Lye, Tabor T. Kruse, Chase M. Kruse, Celia Mae Sherman and Wyatt Allen Bell; and great-grandchildren Cora Ann Zone, Degen Esmond Lye, Lily Marie Lye  and Jax Kenneth Lye.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Jack Newell Sherman; brothers Joseph Goddard Jr. in infancy and Bill Goddard; and a sister, Margarite Ann Goddard.

Condolences can be shared online at www.howeandyockey.com.

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