Peggy A. Ebner

November 27, 1934 - September 14, 2020

Dixie Lyons – a nurse at Marion general Hospital. Part of developing the best possible program included Peggy working in the role of an EMT as well as having EMTs working in her ED. Beyond her role as a nurse, Peggy was heavily involved with The United Way and for years did extensive fundraising on its behalf.

Peggy retired from the Smith Clinic in 1989 leaving behind one of Ohio’s most successfully managed Emergency Departments. For the next few years she and John traveled across the US.

Nursing was still her first love and so in the 1990s Peggy again took up nursing in the ED at Marion General Hospital. She retired again in the early 2000s but still could not sit still. Indulging her love of teaching, Peggy taught medical terminology at Marion Technical College.

In 2011, at the age of 76, Peggy decided to move closer to her son John in San Francisco. An avid baseball fan, she bid a tearful goodbye to her beloved Cleveland Indians and gleefully adopted her new hometown team – The Giants.

Peggy met her dear friend Gail at the Castro Senior Center. Their friendship was almost ordained as they discovered they were both from Ohio and both retired nurses. Peggy was always involved with charity works and became a spokesperson for the fundraising efforts of one of The SF Giants premier charities – Project Open Hand. At the senior center, together with Gail, she established Ask the Nurse – a weekly seminar and Q&A on health topics important to seniors.

Peggy suffered from macular degeneration and so, along with Gail, moved from her apartment in Noe Valley to a senior living building – The Carlisle – as apartment-mates. It was here Peggy, unsurprisingly, established even more enduring friendships with the other residents.

The memory of this loving, generous, strong and intelligent woman will be cherished by her son John Ebner and her son-in-law George Limperis; her grandson Elliott Ebner; her dear friend Gail Thomson, and her numerous family members and friends spanning many years in Ohio and in San Francisco.

Memorial contributions can be made to any of the following:

The Raphael House Project Open Hand A memorial service for Peggy will be announced at a later date to take place at The Carlisle in San Francisco and live streamed for family and friends everywhere.