Peggy (Crial-Morehouse) Wickwire, 81, of Soap Lake, WA and long time Ephrata, WA resident, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2007, at Columbia Basin Hospital in Ephrata, WA. She moved to Soap Lake in December 2001, to be by family so she could maintain her independent spirit. She was born Peggy Arlene Crial August 15, 1926, at St. Anthony's Hospital in Wenatchee to James and Edna (Smith) Crial. She attended elementary and high school at Wenatchee. Responsibilities were given to Peggy at a young age (ten years old). She cared for her younger brother, Jimmy. She began working as an usherette at theatres at the age of 14, worked as a color artist for Wenatchee Photographers and as a clerk in the Cascadian Hotel. She met the love of her life, Wallace Morehouse, of Peshastin, WA. They married September 28, 1940, moving to Ephrata in 1952, to raise their family. Peggy was a stay at home mom. She enjoyed sewing, doing crafts, reading and cooking for her family. They were blessed with four children, Richard (Karen) of East Wenatchee, David (Cesar) of Honolulu, HI, Julie (Mark) Downing of Hamilton, MT and Keith (Bonnie) of Soap Lake, WA. She lost her beloved husband in 1983, but life was still good to her, and in 1988, she married James Wickwire. They lived at Lakeview Country Club. She was step-mother to the wonderful Wickwire siblings, James (Mary Lou) of Seattle, WA, Bob (Pattie) of Eagle, ID, Richard (Carol) of Ellensburg, WA, John (Joy) of Seattle, WA, Mary (Bob) Nelson of Ephrata, Mike of Kingwood, TX and Danny (Gail) Of Vancouver, WA. She lost Jim to cancer in 1990. She had many good friends that she loved and appreciated from childhood, on to her last days. If you came to her house for coffee and conversation, you were family. Daily care and attention that kept her independent came from Jo and Paul Maedke and the "song birds" Madison and Brooklyn, Pam and Gary Buckman, Mary Nelson, Keith and Bonnie Morehouse and the Lincare man, Steven, the church ladies, led by Millie McDonald, gave her weekly communion and Annie, her companion dog, gave her smiles. Our thanks to Columbia Basin Hospital employees for making her last days comfortable. She was a member of Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Ephrata and Ladies of the Elks. She was preceded in death by her parents; both husbands; her brother, James "Jimmy" Crial; stepson, John Wickwire; and her dear friend, Virginia Molitor. She is survived by her sister, Doris Gormley; nieces and nephews of Spokane; her cousin, Betty (Allen) Rogers of Leavenworth, WA; her dear friends, Ev (Norm) Carveth of Wenatchee and Bob Loeffelbein of Clarkston, WA. Also her four Morehouse children, with six grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren; and six Wickwire children, with 24 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. She kept in touch with all by birthday, anniversary and Christmas cards. She was loved by all. Memorials may be sent in her name to the Saint Rose of Lima Catholic School in Ephrata. A Rosary will be held Friday, September 21, 2007, 7:00 p.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Ephrata. Services will be held Saturday, September 22, 2007, 11:00 a.m. at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Ephrata. Arrangements are handled by Nicoles Funeral Home in Ephrata.