Fay Laverne (Gregory) Pejsha, age 87, died on December 1, 2020, at her
home in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Fay was born on January 24, 1933, in
Ellsworth, Kansas to the late Wilmer A. and Olga (Schwartzel) Gregory.
She was a 1950 graduate of Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, Kansas.
Fay married Laudie C. Pejsha in Ellsworth, Kansas on October 29, 1955.
They moved to Jacksonville, Arkansas in 1958 where Laudie joined the Air
Force and was stationed at the Little Rock Air Force Base in
Jacksonville, Arkansas. Fay worked in the retail grocery business as a
meat wrapper for 59 years. She also worked at Chambers Drug Store.
Fay loved being outdoors working in her vegetable garden and tending to her flowers.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
husband, Laudie (P.J.) Pejsha on June 10, 1996; sisters, Judy Gregory of
Ellsworth, Dorothy Ptacek of Wilson, Ona Dupes of Gypsum, and Ester
Snowball of Salina; and brother, Larry Gregory of Ellsworth.
Survivors include brother, George (Janice) Gregory of Clay Center;
20 nieces and nephews, Dan Besthorn, Alma (Mattas) Deutsch, Anita
(Dupes) Preston, Greg Dupes, Judy (Dupes) Kobetich, Ona (Dupes) Hough,
Ralph Dupes, Ruth (Dupes) Howell, Steven Dupes, Daron Gregory, Troy
Gregory, Wilma (Mattas) Olds, Larry Ptacek, Maurice Ptacek, Melvin
Ptacek, Michael Ptacek, Tom Ptacek, Leslie Snowball, Perry Snowball, and
Wendy Snowball; and good friends Dowel Harrson and Bobby and Tiah
Phillips.
A visitation will be held at Moores Funeral Home in Jacksonville, Arkansas, Sunday, December 6th, 3-7 pm.
A funeral service will be held at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church,
Wilson, Kansas, Wednesday, December 9th at 10:30 a.m. with burial in the
Wilson Catholic Cemetery.
Memorials are suggested to St. Wenceslaus Council of Catholic Women
or donor’s choice and may be sent in care of Plumer-Overlease Funeral
Home, PO Box 533, Wilson, KS 67490.