Funeral Service:
11:00 a.m.
Wednesday, January 28, 2004
Tri-City Baptist Church
Westminster, Colorado 80021
303-424-2287
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In Lieu of Flowers:
Please send donations to:
Neighborhood Bible Time
550 Ourey Ave.
Broomfield, Colorado 80020
303-424-2287
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Peggy Joyce Homsher entered into this life born in a small rural hospital
in Satanta, Kansas on November 23rd 1927. She was the first child born
to the union of Samuel and Jennie Hopkins. Thirteen months later a
sister was born whose name is now Alyce Rosenheim.
Peggy's early childhood began in Kansas. Her father passed away when she
was two. Her mother remarried to Newt Arbuthnot in 1930 and the family
moved to Colorado. To this union was born two brothers, Tom and Lonnie
Arbuthnot.
Peggy lived her elementary school years between Springfield and the farm.
During her early farm years Peggy attended the Big Rock School, a
one-room country schoolhouse. On the farm she learned the ethic of hard
work at an early age, gathering eggs, herding the milk cows, cooking for
the hired hands in the summer, and all the many other chores associated
with living on a farm.
Peggy came to know the Lord in her early teen years during a special city
wide evangelistic meeting held in Springfield, CO. She taught Sunday
School and served as the Primary Sunday School superintendent at the
First Baptist Church in Springfield, which was founded by Rev. Charles S.
Dean, Charles' grandfather. She was instrumental in giving Charles his
first Sunday School class of boys.
During World II she was burdened to spend many hours praying and writing
to service men, some of whom she knew and others she didn't know, to
encourage the men as they fought for their country. She prayed for
Charles that he would not have to kill.
She attend high school in Springfield, but in her senior year she needed
to study chemistry to pursue her nursing desires, so she finished high
school in Lamar. From there she attended Denver University for one year,
but because of health problems she could not continue. She then became a
nurse assistant with her hometown doctor and continued the nursing
ministry until her love life changed her destiny.
On April 22nd, 1949, she married Charles B. Homsher, a farmer, rancher
and deacon. Thoughts of serving the Lord were in their minds before
marriage. After marriage their desires continued to focus on serving
the Lord. So following the summer harvest Peggy and Charles moved a
house trailer and located in Denver where he would pursue his Bible
education and training for the ministry.
On April 9th, 1950, Peggy gave birth to her beautiful baby daughter named
Janice Marie, who arrived at 1:00 AM early on Easter Sunday at home in
Denver, Colorado.
In 1952, Peggy and Charles began holding children's 'Mobile Bible Time
Clubs' on buses which they drove and parked in various government housing
locations.
In 1956 things again began to change. Peggy became a faithful pastors
wife when Charles became pastor of the Highland Baptist Church in
Boulder, CO. They commuted the first two years and then they moved to
Boulder. Being a mother, a pastors wife, a Sunday School teacher,
entertaining foreign students, Sunday night cook for the college students
attending Highland Baptist Church, counselor and confidant to many, and
pianist at the church, and office administrator for the Neighborhood
Bible Time, Inc. ministry, she was a very faithful and commented
Christian.
After Charles resigned his pastorate in 1966 to devote full time to Bible
Time, Peggy continued to be the "MOM" to the college boys who became
Bible Time evangelists. She continued her increasing work administrating
the financial records and maintaining her ministry of telephone
encouragement and prayer.
Since 1995, because of health problems created by diabetes, Peggy has
continued her encouragement ministry while her daughter, Janice Maddock,
assumed her financial responsibilities of Neighborhood Bible Time. In
recent years some of Grandmother Peggy's choices moments have been when
she had her daily conversation with her grandsons. She has cherished the
phone conversations and visits from the boys. These mentioned things are
but a few of the many roles she played so faithfully before going to meet
her Saviour on January 24th, 2004.
Peggy loved listening to Christian radio preaching and classical music.
She enjoyed writing poetry too. In her days of service she was a
musician as well. She sang beautifully, she enjoyed playing the piano,
violin, trumpet, xylophone, and organ.
Peggy was a great collector of sayings and other people's poetry. Here
is a quote that was so characteristic of how she lived her life.
"Christian love never says, 'How much must I do, but How much can I do.'"
She invested her life in others both emotionally and financially.
Through her generous giving, students have been able to achieve their
educational goals. Many missionaries have been able to launch their
mission ministry through her help. She would quote the saying, "When we
depend on prayer, we get what God can do." And she truly believed in
prayer. She was an awesome prayer warrior.
Peggy leaves behind her husband of nearly 55 years, Charles B Homsher,
her daughter Janice and her husband Gordon Maddock, her grandsons, Ben
and Chris Maddock, one sister and brother, and many other relatives and a
host of friends.
She leaves a spiritual legacy for her family and to all that knew her.
The Holy Spirit that drew her to salvation also led her to yield her
whole life in dedication to Christ through love and sacred service to
others. "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain." Philippians
1:21
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