Peggy T. McVitty

Funeral services for Peggy T. McVitty, 76, of 1989 Township Road 183, Forest, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church, Kenton, the Revs. William Koppert and Brett Kelly officiating. Burial will be in Grove Cemetery, Kenton. Visitation will be held from 2-9 p.m. Tuesday at Shields Funeral Home, Forest, where a Beta Sigma Phi sorority memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. McVitty died at 5:35 a.m. Saturday, March 16, 2002, at Ravenwood Care Center, Kenton. She was born Aug. 9, 1925, in Fairfield, Ala. to Stanley and Byrdie (Teel) McNeil. She married Mondo Baldwin on April 1, 1944, and he died July 19, 1992. She later married James McVitty on May 21, 1994, and he survives. Also surviving are two sons, Michael and Wayne Baldwin, both of Kenton; and four grandchildren. Mrs. McVitty was a homemaker. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Kenton, and its United Methodist Women, Mary Martha Circle and Chancel Bell Choir, was past chairperson of the church's administrative council, and taught Sunday school for 48 years. She was an associate member of Forest United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women and Wesleyan Group. She was a member of Hardin County Camp of Gideons Auxiliary; and Laureate Beta Mu Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, where she held every office and had perfect attendance for 49 years. In 1989, she received the sorority's International Award of Distinction. Mrs. McVitty was a member of Kenton Garden Club and held all offices; was past director of Region 2 of Ohio Association of Garden Clubs; and was past president and treasurer of Hardin County Council on Aging board of trustees. She was a past recipient of Hardin County Senior Citizen of the Year. For many years, she was a Cub Scout leader and a merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts, and was the first woman to receive the Silver Fawn Award for service. She was a member of Keep Hardin County Beautiful Committee, Hardin County Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and Forest-Jackson Public Library's building fund committee. Memorials may be made to Forest United Methodist Church, Kenton First United Methodist Church, Gideons, Forest-Jackson Public Library, Hardin County Cancer Society or American Heart Association.