Peggy Saunders passed away on Saturday December 2, 2023 of a heart attack. She was 93 years old. She passed peacefully while asleep. Peggy was born in Los Angeles and grew up in San Francisco, attended Catholic high school in San Francisco and then received in AB in Biology at Leland Stanford Jr. University. She worked as a bio-technician first at Stanford and later at the University of British Columbia School of Medicine. At Stanford she met Alex Saunders and they were married three years after graduation, while Alex was in Medical School at UBC. After raising three children Peggy returned to school at Santa Clara University and received a Masters Degree in Religious Education and worked for years as an adult religion educator at parishes in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Peggy also volunteered in tin the American Red Cross Disaster service for 28 years for where she was privileged to serve at the greatest disasters in the US in the last 30 years, including 911, New Orleans, Colorado floods, and Hawaii.
Peggy with Alex lived in Chicago, IL, Bedford NY, King of Prussia, PA, and back to the Bay Area while following Alex's career. They had settled in San Carlos for more than the last 40 years and spent the last 4 years in Brookdale Senior Living in Redwood City. In San Carlos Peggy was a strong member of St. Charles Parish, serving as Eucharistic Minister and Lector and for some years as a member of the Parish Council.
Peggy is survived by her husband of 68 years, Alex M. Saunders, MD, three children, Paul A. PhD, Brian S. Saunders, and Joanne C. Burns, and by five grandchildren, Andrew Burns, Steven Burns, Victor Saunders MD, Irene A Saunders and Judith Saunders. Peggy also has extended family in Tennessee and Georgia, and in France, where her father, Paul Bouvart originated.