Margaret "Peggy" Bates Bridgeland, 85, of Cincinnati, Ohio, died peacefully on April 4, 2014, surrounded by four generations of her loving family. Peggy was born in Akron, Ohio in 1929. She graduated from Garfield High School in 1947, where she won the prestigious "Womanhood Cup" for character, leadership and service, and from the University of Akron in 1951 with a Bachelor of Science Degree. She was a lifelong volunteer in her community, where she served as a substitute teacher and homeroom mother at Drake Road Elementary School, a leader in the Indian Hill PTA, and an Elder in the Indian Hill Church. In later years, she volunteered at the Institute for Learning in Retirement at the University of Cincinnati, where she both organized and conducted classes. More than anything, Peggy loved being a wife, mother and grandmother. She was devoted to, and is survived by, her family: her loving husband of 64 years, James R. Bridgeland, Jr.; her five children, their spouses, and 16 grandchildren, Debby Bridgeland Mason (Jim: Marc Michael, and Katie); Cindy Bridgeland Crilley (Terry: Paige, Blake and James); Becky Bridgeland Long (Ross: Erin and Ali); Alicia Beth Bridgeland (Don: Robert, Austen, Zane, Hollis and Perrin), and John Bridgeland (Maureen: Caily, Fallon and James Regis); and her 13 great-grandchildren. Peggy's life will be celebrated in a memorial service on Saturday, April 12, at 11 a.m., with a reception to follow, at the Indian Hill Church, 6000 Drake Road, Cincinnati, Ohio. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that gifts be sent to Beech Acres, 6881 Beechmont Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45230 or the Freestore Foodbank, 1141 Central Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45202.

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Saturday, April 12, 2014 11:00 AM Indian Hill Church 6000 Drake Road Cincinnati 45243, United States