Delores “Dee” Peckham

Delores “Dee” Peckham, 80, of Macksburg, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at EveryStep Hospice House in Creston.

A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m., Friday, Sept. 30, at Caldwell Parrish Funeral Home, Winterset Chapel. A Celebration of Life will be held 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at Macksburg United Methodist Church with burial to follow in Moon Cemetery, rural Macksburg.

Memorials may be directed to EveryStep Hospice and AHeinz57 Pet Rescue and Transport, DeSoto. Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.caldwellparrish.com.

Dee was born on Sept. 23, 1941, in Des Moines. She graduated from Austin High in Chicago in 1959. In 1960, she married Ronald Jones. From this union, two children were born, Michael and Pamela. In 1993, she married Johnnie Peckham. Together they owned and operated Papa’s Bar and Grill in Macksburg.

Dee was a proud member of the Macksburg community. She enjoyed making and donating baskets for the town children at Easter and Christmas. She loved to cook and bake for others. Her generous spirit was truly evident in everything she did. She was a passionate, lifelong Chicago White Sox and Chicago Bears fan. In recent years, the highlight of her week was getting together with her special friends to play poker.

Those left to treasure her memory are her son, Michael Jones; daughter-in-law, Julie Gesin and granddaughter, Maya Jones of Daly City, California; daughter, Pamela Jones of Macksburg; her beloved dog, Fraiser; brother, Jack Wolfe of Massachusetts; sister-in-law, Nancy Wolfe of Illinois; stepchildren, Barbara and Bill Peckham; stepgrandchildren: Mitch Pashek, Jessie Peckham and Chantz Peckham; two stepgreat-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Johnnie Peckham; parents, Lawrence and Ada Wolfe; brothers, Richard and Joseph Wolfe and nephew, Steven Wolfe.