Margaret H. Woolls

Margaret Harmon (Peggy) Woolls – Nov. 13, 1931 – October 6, 2021, at her home at Goodwin House Alexandria.

Peggy, a lifelong resident of Alexandria, VA, was the daughter of the late Hon. William Pape Woolls and the late Ruth Roberts Woolls.  She was a graduate of St. Mary’s Academy in Alexandria, and of Marymount College, now part of Fordham Univ.  She worked in the office of the late Dr. Richard Palmer (a former President of the American Medical Assn.) and for Alexandria (Inova) Hospital where she was a medical transcriptionist and proofreader.  She was an avid gardener, reader, loved to travel, was a clogger, banjo player, and loved Blue Grass music.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents and sisters Ruth R. Woolls, Jr., and Elizabeth W. Akar; brothers William P. Woolls, Jr. and James Woolls; and nephew Hamdi Akar, Jr..  She is survived by nieces Rahime A. Morgan (CO), Margaret A. Fast (ME), Elizabeth A. Willard (OR), Julia W. Bolt (VA), Sarah W. Sharman (SC), and nephew Wm. P. Woolls, III (IN), and a number of cousins.

A Mass will be celebrated at the Basilica of St. Mary, Alexandria, VA, at 10:30 AM on November 18, 2021.  Interment will follow immediately at St. Mary’s Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Goodwin House Foundation (Staff Support) and mailed to Goodwin House, 4800 Fillmore Ave., Alexandria, VA 22311, or to The Basilica of St. Mary, 313 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314.

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