Margaret "Peggy" Ann Moneta

Margaret “Peggy” Ann Moneta, 77, of Baroda, MI passed away, Sunday, March 21, 2021 at Caretel Inns in St. Joseph. A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 11:00 A.M., Friday, March 26, 2021 at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, 2673 West John Beers Road, Stevensville, MI with Pastor Jesse Knox officiating. Burial will follow at Ruggles Cemetery in Baroda. Friends may visit from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M., Friday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Cancer Society, Susan G. Komen or St. Paul’s Church. Those wishing to share a memory of Peggy online may do so at www.starks-menchinger.com. Peggy was born June 5, 1943 in St. Joseph, MI to Ernest & Dorothy (Grau) Hauch. She attended school at St. Paul’s Lutheran, where she was also a member and Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, graduating in 1961. In 1962, she married Werner West of Valparaiso, IN. During her marriage, she raised 2 children, Suzanne and Martin, and took up gardening and sewing. They divorced after 30 years of marriage and it was then she started her new life. She went back to school at age 50 to pursue an Associates as a medical assistant and started line dancing. She reunited with Wolfgang S. Moneta, a long-time family friend and married in August of 1993. Over the years both Margaret and Wolfgang enjoyed line dancing, first as students and then teaching classes. Their group performed at many local nursing homes and local fairs. They continued for many years until their health would no longer allow. Margaret battled cancer twice in the last 15 years, but it was this second time that God chose to call her home. She is survived by her husband Wolfgang Moneta, daughter Suzanne (David) Moneta, son Martin West, step-daughters Angela (James) Meltinos, Debbie (Cono) Natale, Ericka (Mark) Mueller, grandchildren Danielle (Matt) Foll, Stephany West, Kaitlyn West, Demetria Meltinos, Ashley and Brandon Mueller, great-grandchildren Arrianna Moneta and Jasper Foll, 3 brothers, 2 sisters and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded by her parents and oldest sister.