Margaret “Peggy” Burgardt, 93, peacefully passed away, surrounded by family, on December 12, 2021, in Salina, Kansas. She was born on a farm in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, on May 10, 1928, and graduated from Wamego High School at age seventeen. She graduated from Brown Mackie Business School and worked as a private secretary until becoming a homemaker. Peggy was an only child, but found sisters in the Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority of which she was a member for 75 years.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Awald and Agnes (Wege) Bairow; husband, Ed Lewis (1952); an infant daughter; husband, Elmer Burgardt (1981), and two infant daughters.

She is survived by five daughters: Mary Ellen Burgardt, Elizabeth “Betsy” Wilkins Olsen (Lee), Sally Bacon (JC), Katherine “Katie” Burgardt (Jon), and Ruth Wassenberg (Rich); eight grandchildren: Angela Claire Sterling, Joe Wilkins, Alicia Jarvis (JD), Sarah Wilkins, Rebecca Munoz (Gabe), Abby Bacon, Dalton Wassenberg, and Cole Wassenberg; three great grandchildren: Ethan Wilkins, Canyon Jarvis, and Atlas Jarvis; and family friend Art Pitcock.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, December 15th, at Ryan Mortuary, Salina, from 5 to 7 p.m. with a rosary at 7 p.m. A memorial mass will be held on Thursday, December 16th, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Cathedral, Salina.

Memorials may be made to Catholic Charities of Northern Kansas.