Michael Celentano
When Peggy came into town with Andrew I couldn’t believe it. I was about 17 at the time. She was this gorgeous blonde – a real knock out! My best friend came over and took one look at this good-looking woman and said, ‘Mike, do you think your brother would let me take her to the prom?’ I said, ‘Let you what? Are you kidding? My brother will kill you!’ I can also remember one day I decided to be absent from school. I guess you’d say I was playing hooky with my friends. The school called my Mom’s house and asked to speak to Mrs. Celentano. Peg had just married Andrew, so she said,’This is Mrs. Celentano, can I help you?’ It was my school asking where I was. Peg told them I was home in bed sick. She’s a great woman. I love her.” – Michael Celentano
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Pauline Osborn
“Peg’s friendship means more to me than anything. When I started working at St. Joe’s, I’d been laid off from a company that went bankrupt. I was making really good money at the time and was able to save a little. I was looking of another job that paid about the same but I was either over-qualified or the salary was too low. I was offered a job at the hospital working in the office next to Peg. The job paid a little less a month. I quickly went through my savings to make up the difference. I was in the Xerox room one day and I’m thinking about all these bills I had to pay and was almost crying. Peggy came up to me and asked me what was wrong. I told her that I didn’t know how I could make it until payday. Peg asked if $100 would help. She wanted to give it to me, but I borrowed it until payday. She told me I could ask her for help any time I needed it. She hardly even knew me. That was the beginning of our friendship and I have loved her ever since.” – Pauline Osborn
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Nick & Lena Celentano
“We used to go to New York on Saturdays. All of us. Eleanor and Fo, Georgie and Rita, Peggy and Andy. We would have a ball!!! Andy would have us all laughing from the moment we left until the moment we got back. When we were in New York we would go to all the clubs, hear lots of great music and dance! That was Peggy’s favorite thing to do. One night, we were driving through New York and Andy was trying to show off to Peggy and prove to the rest of us how strong he was. He got out of the car and pulled a stop sign out of the ground with his bare hands! Those weekends were so much fun!” – Nick & Lena Celentano
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Philomena Celentano
“Mom and Peg were cooking in the kitchen and little Stevie was playing on the floor. Andrew hid in the closet and covered himself with a sheet. He came out making this ghost noise. Mom started screaming in Italian and Peggy grabbed Stevie and fell over Mom. We always had a lot of laughs with Peg.” – Philomena Celentano
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Rita DeMartin
“Peggy is one of my closest friends. We go way back with so many stories. There are a lot of stories by the time you get to be our age. There was this time when me and George and Banjo and Peggy went out on the town in George’s car. Banjo goes to open the door for Peggy and the whole door falls right off in his hand and he’s yelling at George. We laughed so hard. Then there was this time with Peggy when she ran into a pole, it landed right on to a car. There was no damage, but somehow she ended up in night court. There was a lot of good times. We liked to go out on Saturday nights, go to the clubs. We all had so much fun.” – Rita DeMartin
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Evelyn D’Aurora
“I met Peggy nearly 50 years ago. Our friendship had stayed strong through the years. We could talk so easily. We cut up and joke all the way. That led to the meeting of our husbands, Rick and Andy. They became great friends. Andy got Rick a job working with Sinatra. Sometimes they would invite us down to come see a show. We’d go get out hair done and find the fanciest cocktail dresses that we could find. We would have such fun those nights. We had a swimming pool and we’d have these big picnics on the weekends. We would eat until we couldn’t eat anymore. It would always be all of us with the kids. We’d never get baby sitters, unless it was for Sinatra. I remember Peggy would always be singing, and one night Andy said it was his turn to entertain us, so he did a farting contest. I don’t think any of us have laughed that much since.” -Evelyn D’Aurora
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Rose Marie Celentano
“Peggy was so beautiful! She really stood out in the crowd. The best thing is that she was beautiful inside too! And she always appreciated a good meal!” – Rose Marie Celentano
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Tony Rescigno
“We had a big party of Josephine’s brother Georgie. We hired a jazz combo. George, Rita, Eleanor…they were all there. We asked Peggy to dance for us and she got her tap shoes and she tap danced all over the freakin’ house. She was dancing all over the place. This was after Banjo died. Before that, my memories are so much Banjo. You might say that Peggy was the wind beneath his wings.” – Tony Rescigno
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Gail DeMartin
“The first time I really met Peggy was on my honeymoon. I was 17 and George had just turned 19. We flew to Miami and, by the time we got out of the taxi, it was 1:00 in the morning. Banjo greeted us, screaming, ‘Where the hell have you been?’ I couldn’t figure out who this guy was. He took us to our room and got the bellhop to get our bags. Banjo was yelling, taking over. I still couldn’t figure out who the hell this Banjo guy was. George kept whispering, ‘It’s Banj… that’s Banj, that’s the way he is.’ The next day, we planned to go out to dinner. Banjo picks us up in his Cadillac and drives us to his house. He said we had to go have macaroni. I saw this blonde woman in the kitchen making sauce. It just didn’t go, she didn’t look like any of them back at home, but she made me feel right at home. She was such a host. Banjo was so loud, but she always kept her cool. With Aunt Peg, there is never any problems. Whenever we come into town, she’s the one we call.” – Gail DeMartin
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Wendy Juleff
“Peggy’s just the best. We worked at St. Joe’s together and became good friends. Pauline, Linda, Peggy, and I would go to piano bars together and Linda and I were amazed at the stamina of these two women. There was no way we could ever keep up with the two of them. Peggy has always been so special to me. She is something else, I tell you. So active and happy all the time. She is totally alive, totally positive, and the greatest storyteller. Peggy is a real original.” – Wendy Juleff
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