In Memoriam: Pegge H. Dennler

From Glastonbury Funeral Home.

Pegge H. Dennler, 85, of Glastonbury, the beloved wife of the late Bernard W. Dennler Sr. since February 23, 1952, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 25.

She was born on August 25, 1930 in Randlett, OK, a daughter of the late Cicero Thornton and Nancy Ann Wilson Hooper.

Pegge was a graduate of Temple High School in Oklahoma. As a young adult member, she sang and toured with the USO in Oklahoma & Texas. She later obtained her Engineering degree moving east to Connecticut applying her acquired skills in her employment with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft.

She became the manager of the waitstaff at Mr. Turkey (Grayledge Farms) a position she held for several years. In 1982, she opened the Country Cookie in Glen Lochen Mall which she owned for 12 years.

She was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Company #3 Glastonbury Volunteer Fire Department, and the PTO at Eastbury School. Pegge was a Girl Scout Leader, Den Mother for Boy Scouts and Assistant for Bluebirds.
She had a love of baking and took classes for cake decorating, and for years she baked and designed wedding cakes for her family & friends.

Pegge will be dearly missed by her children; daughter Sharon Rose Dennler of New Symrna Beach, FL, son Bernard W. Dennler, Jr. and his wife MaryGrace Adams Dennler of Colchester, daughter Nancy Ann Dennler of Cleveland, OH; grandchildren, Zachariah Shaskin and his wife Tabitha, Maleana Spera, Lylette Ozimek, Bernard Dennler III; great-grandson Will Shaskin, brother Sherral Ray Hooper of New Mexico; sisters-in-law Mary Marshall and her partner Hank LeBel of Stafford Springs and Sandy Robb and her husband Barrett of Spring Lake Heights, NJ; nieces and nephews, Michael Marshall and his partner Anita Ilieve, John and Anne Marshall, Debbie Audette, Maureen and Dan LaPrad, Todd and Heather Marshall, Heather and Rob Grosso, Sarah and Sam Chiarella, and many grand-nieces, grand-nephews; special friend, Rick Adams of Charlotte, NC., and helpful, supportive neighbor, Barbara Brown of Glastonbury, along with many other cherished friends.

In addition to her parents and her husband Bernie, Pegge is preceded in death by her six siblings: Ruby Brewer, Marvin Hooper, Pauline Miner, Aline Wilkerson, Buddy Jo Hooper and Francis Hooper.

Her funeral liturgy will be held on Saturday, April 9, at 10 am in St. Paul Church, 2577 Main St., Glastonbury. Burial will follow in Neipsic Cemetery, East Glastonbury. There are no calling hours.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Jude’s Childrens Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, or online at www.stjude.org .

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