Margaret "Peggy" Hesse of Bayville, NY passed peacefully on September 18 at 92 years of

age surrounded by family and friends. Beloved wife of the late Alfred (Ace), devoted mother to CDR

William F. Hesse, USN (RET) (Kathy), loving grandmother to Mary Katheryn Coker (Bobby) and

LT W. Patrick Hesse, USN (Carina) and adored great-grandmother to Robert "Rory" Clinton

Coker JR.

She was a lifelong Bayville resident and Alumni of St. Dominic High School and

Misericordia University School of Nursing. Peg went onto be a Certified Registered Nurse

Anesthetist and worked in several hospitals including Glen Cove, St. Vincent's Medical Center in

Staten Island, Winthrop Hospital, Southside Hospital, Brookhaven, and several others. While

she worked at Glen Cove, she was the Nurse Anesthetist for Roy Campanella of the Brooklyn

Dodgers, with whom she formed a lifelong friendship.

Peggy was avid swimmer, growing up as the lifeguard at Reinhardt's in Bayville. She was a

lifelong parishioner and member of the St. Gertrude's Rosary Guild. She enjoyed the summers

of Bayville and enjoyed taking a ride in the Long Island Sound aboard her boat, Irish Thunder.

In her younger days, she loved to ski with her family in Vail, CO. Later in life, she become

involved with The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where recently the Margaret

F. Hesse CRNA Nursing Classroom in the Swain School of Nursing was named in her honor.

Family and Friends may visit on Sunday 4- 8 p.m. at Francis P. DeVine Funeral Home Inc.

A funeral Mass will be held at St. Gertrude RC Bayville on Monday at 10:00 a.m.

Followed by internment at Locust Valley Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her name to:

The Citadel Foundation

171 Moultrie Street

Charleston, SC 29409

Attn: Swain School of Nursing in memory of Peggy Hesse

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