Hometown: Lost Nation, Iowa January 20, 1913 - February 26, 2013

Mary Colette Peckosh, 100, of Dubuque Retirement Community, formerly of Lost Nation died in Dubuque, Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, March 1, 2013 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation. Officiating are Msgr. James Burnett, Msgr. Dan Kneeper, Father William Kneemiller, and Deacon Paul Peckosh. Family and friends may call from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Thursday at Lahey Funeral Home in Maquoketa. Vigil Service will be at 7:30 p.m. Colette Peckosh was born January 20, 1913 in Lost Nation, Iowa to John and Minnie (Tebbe) Hart. On September 9, 1934, she was united in marriage to Dr. Frank S. Peckosh of Oxford Junction, at St. James Catholic Church in Toronto. She graduated from Lost Nation High School in 1930 and obtained her teaching certificate after completing Iowa State Teachers College. She went on to teach at Clover Hills Country School in 1931 and Toronto School in 1932. She then worked at home raising her three children. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lost Nation and St. Raphael Cathedral, Dubuque. She was a member of the Mothers' Club and the Altar and Rosary Society at Sacred Heart Church in Lost Nation. Colette enjoyed playing in various card clubs. She is survived by three children; Tom (Pamella) Peckosh of Rapid City, SD, Judy (Gerald) Donaldson of Tucson, AZ, Paul (Pamela) Peckosh of Dubuque, 13 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Colette is preceded in death by her husband in August 1982 and two sisters; LaVanche O'Hara and Loretta McAndrew. Memorials may be given to the Lost Nation Fire Co. Burial: Sacred Heart Cemetery in Lost Nation Burial Day: 01 March 2013