Peggy Ann Madane

Former island resident Peggy Ann Madane, 83, of Boise, Idaho, died Oct. 1 at her home after a battle with cancer.

She was born on March 15, 1921 in Seattle, to John and Camilla Erikson.

She was raised in Seattle and attended Queen Ann High School in Seattle.

She met and married Dan Walter Oliver and they had twin daughters, Joan and Janet.

She and Dan later divorced and she married Jimmy Madane in Seattle.

They moved to Hawaii and Peggy worked with Pan American Airlines in Hawaii in many different areas of the company and retired as an executive secretary for the president of Pan American in Hawaii. Through her work with Pan Am, she learned many different facets of the airline business. During their lifetime, she and Jimmy traveled the world extensively.

In 1985, she and her husband moved to Bainbridge Island, where they lived until Jimmy died in 2003; she then moved to Boise.

She loved people and had many friends who enjoyed her cooking and entertaining, gardening and one of her first loves, needlepoint.

Her award-winning work has been enjoyed by many and even published in a well-known needlework magazine.

She is survived by her daughters Joan Prigge and husband Bob of Boise, and Janet White and husband Charles of Parma, Idaho; grandchildren Kimberley Stanley, Karen Poor, Margie Preston, Terri Murray, Steven M. Jones and Robert M. Jones; and 18 great-grandchildren and one great-greatgrandson.

Funeral services were held under the direction of Cloverdale Funeral Home of Boise.