Peggy Marie McEnerney, daughter of the late Charley Kerley and Rudie Marie Dodd Kerley, was born on June 18, 1940, in Parma, Missouri, and departed this life on January 24, 2025, at Mercy Hospital Stoddard in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 84 years.

Mrs. McEnerney was a member of Liberty Hill Church in Aid and a resident of Bloomfield. She enjoyed crafts, gardening and was an avid canner, and she loved turtles, animals and spending time with her family.

On November 22, 1980, at Hopewell Baptist Church in Essex, Missouri, she was united in marriage to George McEnerney. Mr. McEnerney survives of their home in Bloomfield.

Along with her husband, she is survived by her sister, Debbie Marie Harvey of Adams, Wisconsin; and by fifteen nieces and nephews.

Other than by her parents, she was preceded in death by four brothers, Kenneth Ragle, Charles V. Kerley, Charles L. Kerley, and Cecil “Jr.” Kerley; and by her sister, Alberta Marie Shelton.

Memorials may be made to the Stoddard County Children’s Home, PO Box 164, Dexter MO 63841.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Monday, January 27, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Monday, January 27, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.