Margaret "Peg" Gorsuch

Margaret “Peg” Gorsuch, age 90 formerly of Cambria, died peacefully at her daughter’s home in Brookfield, WI on Thursday, April 13, 2017. Funeral services for Peg will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the First Presbyterian Church in Cambria. Burial will be held in Wyocena Cemetery. Relatives and friends may call on the family from 10 a.m. until the time of services on Saturday at the church. Peg was born on July 17, 1926 in Wyocena the daughter of Alvin and Margaret (Hill) Olson. She was a graduate of Portage High School. Peg received her bachelor’s degree in secondary education from Ripon College and was employed with the Cambria High School. Peg was united in marriage to John Wesley Gorsuch on June 2, 1951 in Cambria. Through the years, she furthered her education in Library Science. She was active as an advisor for many co-curricular activities with her students. Peg retired after 25 years teaching at Cambria High School. She was a devoted member of First Presbyterian Church in Cambria where Peg loved music and sang alto in the church choir. Peg will always be remembered for her love of antiquing and how she cherished the time that she spent with her grand and great grandchildren. Peg will be sadly missed and mourned by her two daughters, Margaret “Kay” Nord and Kathy (Bob) Matthews, both of Brookfield; eight grandchildren, Matt (Karen) Nord, Sarah Nord, Josh, Jeremy, Joe, John, Jared and Melissa Matthews; two great granddaughters, Alana and Vanessa Nord; sister-in-law, Della Gorsuch of Pardeeville; nieces, nephews, other relatives, friends and many of her students whom she had a great joy in teaching. Peg was preceded in death by her parents and her husband John on June 26, 2009. Memorials may be made out to the First Presbyterian Church, 121 W. Florence St., P.O. Box 217, Cambria, WI 53923.