Margaret "Peggy" Halsey Burt, 70 of DeKalb passed away peacefully Tuesday, April 19th in DeKalb surrounded by family.

Born November 25th, 1951, in Wauconda Illinois to Frank & Winifred Halsey.

She married her sweetheart Jim Burt on August 10th, 1968, in Carpentersville Illinois, together they spent 54 years happily married.

She was a longtime employee at GE and after retirement she enjoyed spending time with family, traveling, camping, and gardening.  Her passion for rescue dogs brought her much love.  One of her favorite past times was to look out at her many bird feeders and watch the different birds come by.  Peggy also enjoyed the squirrels that would come to the back door each day looking for the morning handout.

Peggy is survived by her loving husband Jim Burt, 4 daughters, Tracy (Phillip) Robertson of DeKalb, Tabatha (Todd) DeRouin of DeKalb, Tina (Mark) Feijoo of Plainfield and Nicole Herbert of DeKalb. Grandkids; Amanda, Lindsey, Kyle, Brendan, Casey, Jesse, Tyler, Nathan, Jillian, Zion, Donovan and Sylas. Great Grandkids; Elijah, Nora, Darien, Jordan, Chance and Maizy.  Siblings; Winifred Halsey (Norm Read) of Dekalb, Frank (Diane) Halsey of Sycamore and Patrick Halsey of Palatka, Florida.  Several nieces and nephews and her loving canine companion Mia.

She was proceeded in death by her parents, 2 sisters Judy McCallum & Pauline "Bobbie" Rohlf, some nieces, nephews and 3 canine companions.

You could often hear Peggy say "We're all in our places with bright shiny faces" and in time we'll be there once again.

In lieu of a service a celebration of life will be held at a later date.