Margaret S. Sheppeck, age 97, of Butler, formerly of Renfrew, passed away Thurs., Sept. 28, 2023, at Concordia at the Orchard.

Born in Butler on Feb. 18, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Stephen M. and Ludvika M. Zhardnik Kovach.

Margaret was a homemaker.

She was a member of All Saints Parish, Saint Conrad Roman Catholic Church.

She worked for many years at the polls on Election Day. She enjoyed knitting, and she was an avid bowler who bowled well into her 80's.

She is survived by three daughters, Barbara Sue Murphy and her husband, Dan, of Pickerington, Ohio, Patricia Tidbold, of Ashgrove, Queensland, Australia, and Becky Gutherie and her husband, Dan, of Butler; two sisters, Agnes Turbovich, of Ohio, and Theresa Fowler, of Pittsburgh; six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews, great-nieces and great-nephews, and great-great nieces and great-great nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank F. Sheppeck, who passed away Jan. 11, 1958; six brothers; and two sisters.

Friends will be received in the Martin Funeral Home, 429 Center Ave., Butler, on Monday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday at 12 p.m. from All Saints Parish, Saint Conrad Roman Catholic Church, 125 Buttercup Rd., Butler, with Rev. William D. Wuenschel officiating.

For those unable to attend, Mass will be livestreamed at www.hvproductions.net/live

Burial will take place in Calvary Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations to a veterans charity of the donor's choice.