Peggy Louise Szilagyi, age 90, of Zephyrhills, FL, passed away at home on Sunday, January 17, 2021. She was born April 23, 1930, in Corunna, MI, to Thomas Raymond Mason and Lillian Lavona (Butts) Mason. She was raised in Vernon, MI, by her mother and stepfather, Llewelyn "Jack" Heiney, whom she called Dad. She lived her adult life in Owosso, MI, Central Lake, MI, and Zephyrhills, FL, where she wintered the past 18 years.

Peggy was a factory worker for several years at Woodard Furniture and Strawsine Manufacturing in the Owosso area and Oldsmobile in Lansing, MI. She also worked many years as a receptionist at Clay-Mar Veterinary Clinic in Owosso.

She will be remembered as an excellent cook and avid book reader. She enjoyed her home on Intermediate Lake in northern Michigan, along with camping and traveling out west and to the Caribbean with her husband of nearly 56 years, John Szilagyi. She is survived by her husband and his 3 children who she treated as her own, Kathleen (David) Hunt of Ovid, MI; Steven (Joy) Szilagyi of Mason, MI, and Linda Remsburg (partner Scott Schuhmacher) of Gwinn, MI. She was a doting grandmother to Alyssa (Mark) Farver of Caledonia, MI; John Szilagyi of Mason; Loren Hunt of Ovid; Beth (Ben) Rodriguez of Holt, MI; Clinton Remsburg (fianc Rachel Rood) of De Pere, WI, and Connor Remsburg of Gwinn; great-grandsons, Max Farver and Colton Remsburg. She is also survived by her sister Leigh Smith of Owosso and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Robert Heiney, sister Joy Cooper and granddaughter-in-law Holly Szilagyi.

A memorial service will be planned for the summer in Michigan. Memorial donations are suggested to either the Zephyrhills Public Library, 5347 8th St., Zephyrhills, FL 33542 or to the Central Lake District Library, 7900 Maple St., Central Lake, MI 49622.