MILLS, Peggy (Pearlie) May

Passed away from Covid- 19 complications on Dec. 17, 2020. Peggy was born July 1, 1924 in Englewood, Kan., to Henry and Ina Ford. She graduated f r om High School in 1942. She spent 2 years in Colorado Springs, Colo. during World War II then moved on to Glendale, Calif. and then Lancaster, Calif. While working in a bank, she met J. D. Mills who she was married to for 53 years. They lived in Westend, a small company town ( no longer in existence) in Searles Valley where she worked for the Trona Joint Unified School District for 21 years until her retirement in 1983. They raised two sons in Westend, John who lives in Colorado Springs, Colo. with his wife Jeanne and Mike, who lives in Bakersfield, Calif. with his wife Trish. She grew to love the desert. The family explored every dirt road or track for miles around in a 4-wheel drive vehicle. She and J.D. moved to Ridgecrest, Calif., where she was a long time volunteer at the Maturango Museum. Then to Lancaster, Calif. where J. D. passed in 2002. Peggy moved to Magnolia Place Assisted Living in Bakersfield to be near family in 2018. Peggy enjoyed the retired life, traveling to Italy to visit John in the US Air Force, numerous times to Hawaii with her sister- in- law, Mildred and husband Charlie Rader as well as many areas of the United States pursuing her genealogy hobby. Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, J. D., sisters Bonnie, Bertha, and Ina, and brother Henry Alonzo, Jr. She is survived by her two sons, their wives, step- grandchildren Mark Palmer and Carrie McBryant, and step great-grandchildren Josh McBryant and Audrina Arrowood and a step-great-great grandson, Matty Navarro.

Services are pending.