Margaret (Peggy) Haines

October 14, 1926 - September 7, 2017

Peggy Haines, age 90, long time resident of Carneys Point and Pennsville, NJ passed away on September 7, 2017 surrounded by her loving family. Peggy was born in Scranton, PA and was a graduate of the Lackawanna Business College. Peggy was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Mary Pensak Rizzi. She was preceded in death by her husband Donald C Haines Sr., son Donald C. Jr., longtime companion Anthony J. (Tony) Garbini, brother William Rizzi, and 6 sisters, Alice Rizzi, Ann Kareka, Gertrude Seland, Irene Kuchinski, Marion Sims, and Caryl Mangialaschi. She is survived by her ever-loving daughter Mary McTague and her husband Edward, grandchildren Edward McTague III, Lauren McTague, Ashley Haines, Donald Haines III, brother Joseph Rizzi, three sisters, Patricia Nole, Dorothy Gaul, and Evelyn Schiavi, and many nieces and nephews. Peggy also leaves behind Tony’s family, Robert Garbini and his wife Julie; Dennis Garbini and his wife Diane; Susan Lagrotteria and her husband Joseph; and 8 grandchildren; Thatcher Garbini, Grayson Garbini, Nicholas Garbini, Alessandra Garbini, Dawn Kinelski and her husband Chad, Daill Fenimore and her husband Jimmy, Emily Petrillo and her husband Christopher, Carly Lagrotteria, and great grand-daughters Alexa and Elsa. Peggy moved to the Carneys Point area in the mid 50’s after living in Pittsburgh. After her husband’s death, she put her business degree to work and became a book keeper for the local credit union. This led to an opportunity to work for the American Red Cross which she took full advantage of and worked her way up to become the Director of the Salem County Chapter and Chairwoman of the United Way of Salem County. She also was active in the church and was the president of the alter and rosary society, CCD teacher, and devoted herself to a stewardship of a spiritual movement in the Corpus Christi parish. After she retired from the Red Cross, she remained very active in the church with Tony Garbini serving the community with tax preparation and the Meals on Wheels program. Peggy believed that if she could live to be 100, she would never be able to repay everything that she received. She believed that time is a gift from God and she no idea how much time she had left on this earth. Therefore, she tried to make every minute as productive as possible. A visitation for family and friends will be held on Saturday, September 16, at Ashcraft Funeral Home, 47 State Street, Penns Grove, NJ 08069 from 9-10:30 then followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00am at the parish of Saint Gabriel the Archangel, 369 Georgetown Road, Carneys Point NJ 08069. Interment will take place at Saint Joseph Cemetery, 300 Paulsboro Road, Swedesboro, NJ 08085. www.ashcraftfuneralhomes.com