Margaret “Peg” Zick, age 96, passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at Green Acres Assisted Living Facility in Ionia, MI. She was born June 16, 1922 in Indianapolis, IN to Harold S. and Grace Y. Soper. She lived most of her young life in Grand Rapids, MI and graduated from Creston High School. She was also a graduate of Western Michigan University.

She married Thomas R. Zick on June 16, 1947 and together they had seven children. Her husband passed away January 4, 1982.  She is survived by her seven children: Thomas (Marilyn) Zick of Curtis, Michigan; Robert (Pat) Zick of Tallahassee, Florida; Edward (Lori) Zick of Stockbridge, Michigan; Mary Van Auken of Byron Center, Michigan; William (Carol) Zick of Tucson, Arizona; Stephen (Darby) Zick of Clarksville, Michigan; and Elizabeth (Garry) Lancewicz of Mesick, Michigan. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, plus another soon to be born.  She is also survived by her brothers, Harold Soper of Grand Rapids, MI, Lloyd (Doris) Soper of Grand Rapids, MI, and her sister, Barbara Forwood of Onekama, MI, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas, and her sister, Grace Tremblay.

Peg was a career teacher and among other places taught in Battle Creek, MI, Belmont, MI and for 30 years taught first grade in the Stockbridge Community School District in Stockbridge, MI.

Peg was a loving wife, wonderful mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. In addition to her family, she was a great influence on many young lives in Stockbridge, as she taught them in school and Sunday school.

The family will receive friends at the Caskey-Mitchell Funeral Home in Stockbridge on Wednesday, April 10, 2019 from 5:00-8:00 p.m. and at the Stockbridge First Presbyterian Church on Thursday, April 11, 2019 from 10:00 a.m. until the time of funeral which will begin at 11:00 a.m.  The service will be officiated by Reverend Deb Powell. In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to the Stockbridge Community Schools or the Stockbridge First Presbyterian Church.