From Helen Harter Sheorn ::

Just wanted to let you know that Larson Jaenicke's mother passed away last weekend. Larson and his brothers will be in Camden this coming weekend.

I saw this in the on-line edition of The Camden Chronicle-Independent and wondered if this was the case given how few details were in the obit:

Peggie Jaenicke
Margaret "Peggie" Jaenicke, 93, of Camden, died Sunday, Dec. 21, 2008.

Services are incomplete and will be announced by Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel.

Our condolences and our thoughts are with the family!




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Margaret Jaenicke
CAMDEN - Margaret “Peggy” Ball Jaenicke of Camden, South Carolina, died December 21, 2008, in Ashland, Kentucky, while visiting her son Kurt and his family. Peggy was the wife of the late R. Walter Jaenicke, the youngest child of Bertram and Lulu Quinn Ball of Yonkers, New York, and the beloved mother and grandmother of three sons and six grandchildren.

Before her marriage to Walter, Peggy received her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University and was employed as a food editor for Good Housekeeping Magazine and by the advertising agency J. Walter Thompson. Peggy and Walter were married after Walter’s service in World War II and ultimately moved to Camden in 1948 where Peggy resided until her death.

After her sons were in their teens, Peggy began a new career as an elementary school teacher in the Kershaw County Public Schools. She was noted for her innovative teaching techniques and made lasting friendships but most importantly committed to helping her students realize their full potential. When Peggy retired after over fifteen years of teaching, she continued to volunteer as a tutor to disadvantaged children.

Peggy was also actively involved in various community organizations. She was a founder of The Camden Players, a local theatre group. She was instrumental in the 1960’s in helping bring mental health facilities to Kershaw County. She was an ardent supporter of Kershaw County’s Fine Arts Center. Peggy was also a long-time member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church which she attended regularly.

Peggy had a special and close relationship with each of her six grandchildren, even though they were physically separated by great distances. Those relationships grew with frequent visits by her grandchildren and the families’ annual vacation at Pawley’s Island, South Carolina.

Peggy was preceded in death by her husband, Walter, her parents, her siblings, Ruth, Will, Emerson and Louise and is survived by her sons, Larson (Carol), Douglas (Alison), and Kurt (Carla), her six grandchildren, Matthew, Julie, Graham, Hannah, Dan and Leah and many nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held Saturday, January 3, 2009, in Quaker Cemetery at 11:00 a.m. A celebration will be held following the service at Peggy’s home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to either the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County, Inc., 810 Lyttleton Street, Camden, SC 29020, or to Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 502 DeKalb Street, Camden, SC 29020.

Kornegay Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be sent to the Jaenicke family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.