Margaret Ann ‘Peggy’ Mendel

Margaret Ann “Peggy” Mendel, 71, passed away on Monday,
Jan. 15, 2024.

She was born on Feb. 2, 1952, in Shiner, and was the youngest
daughter of Joe F. and Elsie Steffek.

She lived at her family’s homestead on the Lavaca River until
1958, when the Steffek family moved to their ranch north of
Hallettsville. Peggy enjoyed helping her parents on the ranch
and loved all the animals.

Peggy graduated from Sacred Heart High School in 1970 and
went on to obtain her Bachelor's at Southwest Texas and her
Master's from the University of Houston. Peggy taught at Ezzell
School for over three decades. 

In March of 2004, Peggy married her husband, Robert “Bobby”
Mendel, and they lived on their ranch in the St. John
community. They were very involved in their community and
their church and were the main organizers of the Fourth of July
St. John Picnic.

They loved socializing with their friends,
dancing polkas, and traveling. As a lover of animals, Peggy
rescued Poncho, an orange tabby cat with a special personality.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents.
Surviving in addition to her husband, are her siblings, Leona
Moore and her husband, Pat, and James Steffek and his wife,
Marsha, and her nieces, Heather Faske, Shelley Pernot, and Paige
Woodring, and Lisa Steffek.

Visitation began at noon on Friday, Jan. 19 at St. John the
Baptist Catholic Church in St. John and the rosary was recited at
1:30 p.m.

Funeral Mass was celebrated at 2 p.m. Friday, at St. John
Church.

Interment followed in the parish cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the St. John Building
Fund or the Ezzell School, 20500 FM 531, Hallettsville, Texas
77964.

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