Margaret "Peggy" Leeney

Margaret (Peggy) Leeney, nee McCarthy, age 72, passed away unexpectedly Friday, July 12, 2024. She was a beloved friend, loving daughter, sister, aunt and cousin. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, Cornelius "Neil" and Dorothy (Flynn) McCarthy; her brother, Martin McCarthy; sister, Mary Ross (Keith); her husband, Michael Leeney, and Michael’s son, Rick Leeney; brother-in-law, Don Grace; and sister and brother-in-law, Maureen (Leeney) and Chuck Levenduski. She was born December 12,1951 in Gary, Indiana. Peggy attended Holy Angels elementary school and was a 1969 graduate of Horace Mann high school. She went on to attend Holy Cross School of Nursing in South Bend, Indiana, where she received her Nursing Diploma. Peggy had a quick wit and a way with people. She was a kind and giving person, perfect attributes for her long career as a Registered Nurse, twenty three years at St. Anthony Medical Center in Crown Point, followed by eleven years at St. Mary Medical Center in Hobart. During retirement, she did in home senior care. Peggy is survived by her sister, Connie Blaine (Jim), and their children, Tim (Nicole); and their children, Declan and Emme; Tracy Blaine Wells (Tom), and their children, Meggie and Casey; brother, Patrick McCarthy (Linda), and their children, Ryan and Corky (Erin), and their combined children, Meredith, Patrick and Caroline McCarthy and Chloe and Jayden Orr; grandson, Richard Leeney, brother-in-law, Keith Ross, and his son, Andy (Sara), and their daughter, Maerin; and sister-in-law, Joan Grace, as well as many more loved nieces, nephews, grand nieces and nephews and cousins. She also leaves behind a legion of friends acquired over the years, as far back as kindergarten; possible only by being the best of friends herself. She was a part of the OPN's, "Old Ped's Nurses”, a faithful group of friends who worked together at St Anthony's, and meet regularly, to share good food, memories, laughter and tears, and are always there for each other in good times and bad. They were a wonderful part of her life. She deeply loved her family and friends, loved entertaining and to make people laugh. A memorial visitation will take place on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 2-p.m. - 6 p.m. at Burns Funeral Home, 10101 Broadway, Crown Point, IN. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at 11a.m. directly at Holy Martyrs Parish, 80 W. 73rd Ave, Merrillville, IN. ln lieu of flowers, Peggy would want you to give the gift of yourselves: to be kind to someone in need whenever you can. www.burnsfuneral.com.

Margaret "Peggy" Leeney

December 12, 1951 - July 12, 2024