Margaret "Peg" Eisele Bickel

Margaret "Peg" Eisele Bickel, 81, of Grace Ridge, Morganton, NC died Friday, December 11, 2009 in the Grace Ridge Health Care Center. Born April 10, 1928 in Springfield, IL, she was the daughter of the late Herman John and Irene Lester Eisele. For most of her life, she lived in Edison Park, IL. Peg was a graduate of Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, WI where she earned a degree as a medical technician. She worked for about twenty years as a med tech at Loyola Hospital in Chicago, IL. She and her husband, the late Alan William Bickel moved to Morganton in the 1970’s and were members of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church.Mrs. Bickel is survived by a number of cousins.A Funeral Mass will be said at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church with Father Kenneth Whittington officiating. Burial will follow at Burke Memorial Park. The family will receive friends at the church on Tuesday for one hour before the service. Memorial gifts may be made to the Good Samaritan Clinic, P. O. Box 3601, Morganton, NC 28680-3601 or to Mount Mary College, 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee, WI 53222-4597.