Margaret (Peg) Leeper Nelson 93 Waterloo died at home Tuesday, August 30, 2011 of natural causes.

She was born April 27, 1918 in Waterloo daughter of Leo and Maud Walz Leeper.

She married Dr. Myron E. “Buzz” Nelson on November 14, 1942 in San Diego, California; he died July 12, 1984.

She graduated from East High School in 1936; and received BA in Sociology from Univ. of Iowa. In 1939, she was named Miss Iowa, “Queen of the Iowa Redheads.”

She worked at Consolidated-Vultee as a Industrial counselor in Santa Ana. She worked in the Black Hawk County Courthouse and in the court system for 14 years as a child welfare worker, adoption specialist, and juvenile probation officer. She helped start the Black Hawk County Child Care Center, where she also taught for one year. She was a licensed antique dealer and a member of the Waterloo Board of Realtors.

She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Waterloo, where she was a deacon and elder. She was actively involved and President in the La Sertoma Club, Kingsley Elementary School Parent Teacher Assoc., Cedar Valley Historical Society, Dental Wives Assoc., Panhellenic, and the UpDowntowners. Noble Dame of the Waterloo Elklets and Alumni President of the Gamma Phi Beta Sorority. Also, a member of the Friends of the Center, University of Iowa Alumni, and she was a Girl and Boy Scout Troop Leader.

She is survived by her daughter Jana Nelson, Cedar Falls, IA; son: Gregory Nelson, Palo Alto, CA; Grandson: Michael Nelson, Cedar Falls, IA Grandson: Kris Hack, Waterloo, IA Great Granddaughters: Jaylen and Nevaeh.

She is preceded in death by husband, a brother, John and Sister, Dorothy Lou in infancy, and brother Robert.