Margaret " Peggy" A. Heintzelman

Peggy A. Heintzelman, 94, passed away peacefully on Saturday August 23, 2025.

She was born on November 5, 1930, in Youngstown, the daughter of the late Edward C. and Anna Flannery Kirkner. She was a lifelong resident of the Youngstown area and resided in Canfield for over fifty years. 

She was a charter member of St. Michael’s Parish in Canfield and in 2018 became a member of St. Edwards parish in Youngstown. Peggy lived at Park-Vista retirement community, on the North Side of Youngstown.

She was a secretary at Commercial Shearing & Stamping before marrying and later a secretary at Moody Air Force Base, Valdosta, Georgia.

Her husband William whom she married on January 23, 1954, died in 2011. When Bill retired from Compco Metal Products, they enjoyed their retirement home in Pelican Bay, Naples Florida. She enjoyed playing cards, belonged to a book club, was an avid reader and had a bridge club with the same Canfield friends for over fifty years. 

Peggys leaves three sons, Scott (Beth), Kurt and Christian Heintzelman and daughter Holly Heintzelman, five grandchildren; Colin Heintzelman, Kaylie (James) O’Connor, Alex (Dieter) Gualtieri, Kyle Heintzelman (Dan Martin), and Madeline Heintzelman, great grandchildren Danny, Crew, Kingston and Dean O’Connor, Etta and Rose Gualtieri, Dylan and Camden Martin.

Beside her parents and her husband, dear Bill, Peggy was preceded in death by a son Eric Hale Heintzelman, sister Elizabeth Haustovich, Mary Jane Shaw, Barbara Kapraly and brother Patrick Kirkner.

Services will be private as requested by Peg. 

Memorial tributes may be made in Peggy’s name to St. Edwards Parish, 240 Tod Lane, Youngstown, Ohio 44504.

The family would like to thank the nurses and aids at Akeso Home Care and Hospice, and her caregiver Jeff Noone at her home who lovingly cared for Peggy in her final months. 

Arrangements have been entrusted to the Edward J. Fox & Sons Funeral Home, 4700 Market St. Boardman.

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