Margaret Vogel

Margaret "Peg" Lillian Shriver Vogel, 82, died at her home in Copley November 6, 2025. Between her birth at the family farmhouse near Beaver, PA on December 28, 1942 and her death surrounded by family, she made the world a better place as a registered nurse, mother, grandmother, wife, and artist.

Daughter of William Joseph Shriver and Lois Margaret Popp Shriver, Peg attended a one-room schoolhouse with a pot-bellied stove in Ohioville, PA and graduated from Lincoln High School in Midland, PA in 1960. She graduated Presbyterian-University Hospital nurses' training in Pittsburgh as class president in 1963 and worked as a registered nurse at Presby until she married Melvin Albert Vogel of Pittsburgh in November 1964. A rich marriage of nearly 61 years followed.

They lived in Gilpin Township, PA until a move to Mansfield, OH in 1988. In 2017, Peg and Mel moved to Copley, OH. Peg worked 21 years at Citizens General Hospital in New Kensington, PA, two years at Mansfield General Hospital, and four years at Hursh Drugs in Mansfield. She retired in 1995.

Peg lost her parents; daughter Amy Margaret Richey of Bowling Green, OH; and brothers Edward William Shriver of Toledo, OH and Donald Joseph Shriver of Ohioville, PA. She is survived by husband Melvin of Copley, OH; daughter Ann Kathryn Farrer (Daniel) of Lexington, KY; daughter Nancy Lynn Vogel of Sacramento, CA; son Kenneth Dale Vogel (Sharon) of Hudson, OH; son-in-law Ryan William Richey of Parma, OH; sister Joyce Ann Dawson (Gary) of Rochester, MI; brother Dale Allen Shriver (Judy) of Marengo, IL; 10 grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Peg was an accomplished artist of many media. Even as she raised four children and worked the night shift with little sleep, she honed skills with oil, acrylic, and water paints as well as ceramic, clay, and wood. As a seamstress, she sewed her daughters' wedding and prom gowns. As a gardener, she raised abundant vegetables and prolific flowers. She often said she was born with a hoe in her hand. Words fail to capture her gifts, and many will remember her generous spirit.

Peg was a confident, intuitive, energetic mother who loved her family wholeheartedly and appreciated what made each grandchild unique. They flourished together at their grandparents' house in Mansfield and on family vacations Peg organized.

Her love and example will grow exponentially, and she will be missed. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations to local food banks in Peg's honor.