Margaret " Marge " Schappe Rench , Frackville, passed away peacefully Tuesday evening at her home surrounded by her family. She demonstrated the same grace and courage in her final hours as she did throughout her life.

Born in Frackville she was a daughter of the late William and Joan Fennelly Schappe. Marge was known throughout the community by the many lives she touched in her years of service at the Frackville Library. Marge had many interests; she volunteered for various animal causes, was an avid reader and loved to travel. Her most rewarding role was being a mother to her three children, as well as a grandmother to her two grandchildren Cate and Liam. Her friends and family will miss her caring nature, her generous spirit and Irish wit.

Marge is survived by her son Kevin Rench, Kailua, Hawaii, her two daughters Erin wife of Michael Marinchak, Cressona and Maureen wife of Bo Chang, Carlisle, two sisters; Nancy Haley, Palo Alto and Marie Trout, Port Carbon, two grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Monday from the Thomas M. Sullivan Funeral Home, Frackville, with Rev. Brian Miller officiating. Interment will be private. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday evening from 5 P.M. until time of service.

In lieu of flowers the family prefers donations, in Margaret's memory, be made to Hillside SPCA, PO Box 233, Pottsville, PA 17901