Obituary

Margaret A. “Peg” Trouts

1936 – 2023

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Margaret A. “Peg” Trouts, 87, of Ottsville, PA passed away Saturday, April 1, 2023 at The Community at Rockhill, Sellersville, PA.

She was born March 1, 1936 in Milford, NJ and was a daughter of the late Joseph and Margaret Breiner Phillips.

Peg was a 1953 graduate of Palisades High School. After high school she worked as a secretary for Good Brothers Garage in Ottsville for about twelve years until she married Robert Trouts. She and Bob co-owned and operated the Brenda Jane Sell-It Shop at The Harrow. Peg had served on the election board for Nockamixon Twp. and was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ottsville. She grew a large vegetable garden which helped to provide meals for her family. She enjoyed baking, cake decorating, and crocheting. Peg loved spending time with her sisters at the shore and at the Trouts farm in Susquehanna County.

She is survived by three sisters, Diane Getty (Charles), Mary Wambold and Virginia Detweiler (Kenneth) and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her daughter Brenda who died in 1990, her husband Robert who died in 2019 and four brothers, Harold, Edward, Richard and Robert Phillips.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 11 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 4050 Durham Rd., Ottsville, PA. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery. There will be no calling time/viewing. Arrangements by Robert W. Snyder Funeral Home, Riegelsville, PA.

Joseph S. Cegielski

1939 – 2022

Joseph S. Cegielski obituary, 1939-2022, Ferndale, PA
FERNDALE – Joseph S. Cegielski, 83, of Ferndale, PA passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022 in his home. He was born March 11, 1939 in Kintnersville, PA and was the son of the late Ignatius and Helen Lis Cegielski. Joe was a 1957 graduate of Palisades High School. In 1962, he answered the call from the U.S. Army and was stationed at McChord AFB in Washington State. For 47 years, Joe worked at Mack Printing where he had several responsibilities and retired as press room supervisor. He was a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Ottsville, PA where he served as Eucharistic minister. Joe was proud to earn the level of Fourth Degree Knight on Fr. Stommel Council #4545, Knights of Columbus. With the Knights of Columbus, he served as Grand Knight, Faithful Navigator and Grand Deputy. Joe was a member of American Legion Post #0399, Ottsville, PA. He enjoyed trapshooting and was a member of the Hellertown Sportsmen’s Club, Lehigh Valley Trap Shooters League and Rural Sportsmen’s Association. He will be missed by his wife, Dorothy, of 60 years; his daughter and son-in-law, Bonnie and John Smith; grandchildren, Michael and Christopher; his cousin, Marvin Cegielski and his brother, Thomas Cegielski. He was preceded in death by his siblings, Dorothy Schmidt, Helen Kovacs, Geraldine Zyck, and Lawrence and Edward Cegielski. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, September 19, 2022 at 11:30 a.m. in St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Church, 4050 Durham Rd., Ottsville, PA. Friends may call at the church Monday from 10 to 11:15 a.m. Words of remembrance will be spoken at 11:15 a.m. Interment will be in St. John Cemetery following the mass. Memorial contributions may be made to Fr. Stommel Council #4545, Knights of Columbus, 4050 Durham Rd., Ottsville, PA 18942. Arrangements by Robert W. Snyder Funeral Home, Riegelsville, PA. Robert W. Snyder Funeral Home 327 Easton Road Riegelsville, PA 18077 (610) 749-2421
Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon him.
May his soul, and all the souls of the faithful departed,
through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.