Peggy Irene House

Peggy Irene House was born May 4, 1950 in Yale, Oklahoma. She was the daughter of Jessie Eugene and Dorothy Mae Sperry. She passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2003 at the Saint Francis Hospital in Tulsa, Oklahoma at the age of fifty-two years, eight months and one day.

Peggy was raised and attended her early education in Blackburn. She transferred to Cleveland Schools her Freshman year and attended Cleveland High School.
She was married to Earl Dewayne House on November 3, 1967 in Pawhuska, Oklahoma. At the time of their marriage, Earl was stationed in the United States Army at Fort Sill so they made their home in Walters, Oklahoma. Upon Earl's discharge, the couple moved to Osage where they resided until 1971.

Earl and Peggy moved to Sand Springs in 1971 where they raised their two daughters, Cindy and Dorothy. Peggy was employed as a housekeeper for the University of Tulsa for nearly twenty-three years, retiring as head housekeeper in August 2000.

Peggy was an avid Elvis Presley Fan and had an extensive collection of his music. Additionally, she enjoyed word puzzles but her favorite pastime was spending time with her children and grandchildren. She was a member of the Baptist faith.

Peggy is survived by her husband, Earl House, of the home; two daughters and their husbands, Cindy and John Davis, Sand Springs, Oklahoma, Dorothy and Ritchie Claybourn, Tulsa, Oklahoma; sister, Maxine Motes, Blackburn, Oklahoma and Pauline Moore, Skiatook, Oklahoma; four brothers, Tobe Sperry, Spavinaw, Oklahoma, Zeb Sperry, Blackburn, Oklahoma, Bub Sperry, Blackburn, Oklahoma and Jim Sperry, Keystone, Oklahoma; six grandchildren, Joshua, Autumn, and Jacob Davis, Jeremy, Jeffrey, and Jordan Claybourn, adopted family, Evelyn Arnold, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Rebecca and Leslie, Tulsa, Oklahoma; brother-in-law, Butch and Peggy J. House, Sapulpa, Oklahoma; numerous other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; a sister, Gladys and a sister-in-law, Sharon Smith.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 pm, Wednesday, January 8, 2003 at the First United Methodist Church in Blackburn. Burial will be at the Osage Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home.

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