In loving memory of Peggy Welsh
Margaret Mary Welsh
March 24, 1931 – July 2, 2017
Lived 86 years
Paoli, Pennsylvania
Life story
Peggy was born on March 24, 1931 in the Bronx, New York to the late William Francis and Bridget (Morahan) Murphy. She graduated from Holy Cross Academy and attended the Katherine Gibbs School and Hunter College. Peggy began her career working for Batten & Barton & Durstine & Osborn (BBDO) on Madison Avenue in New York City. She later resumed her career working for many years and eventually retiring from the Unisys Corporation.
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1931
Born March 24
1939
Margaret was 8 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1942
Margaret was 11 when Bing Crosby recorded "White Christmas"
1954
Margaret was 23 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1956
Married Edward Welsh
1969
Margaret was 38 when "Sesame Street" debuted
1971
Margaret was 40 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Margaret was 51 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Margaret was 67 when Google was founded
2005
Margaret was 74 when the first video was posted to YouTube
2014
Margaret was 83 when the Ice Bucket Challenge went viral
2017
Passed away July 2, age 86
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