Margaret ‘Peg’ Anne (Deloy) Bachetti

NORTH CANAAN —Margaret “Peg” Anne (Deloy) Bachetti, 78, died Nov. 28, 2021, at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center following a brief battle with cancer.

She was born in North Canaan on April 21, 1943, daughter of the late Marjorie (Garfield) and Raymond Deloy.

After graduating from  Northwest Regional High School in Winsted, she enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1962, earning the rank of PFC before being released in 1964.

Peg was employed as a clerk at the North Canaan Stop & Shop. Prior to that she had worked for many years for the Becton Dickinson Company in North Canaan.

She enjoyed exploring the small towns of Vermont and trips to Cape Cod, but her greatest joy was her family, especially her two great-grandsons.

Margaret is survived by her son, David Balch and his fiancée, Sylvia Collins; her brother, James Deloy and his wife, Cindy, of Montery, Mass.; her grandson, Joshua Balch, his wife, Christine, and their two sons, Oakley and Jet, of Miami Beach, Fla.

A graveside service with full military honors will be held on Saturday, Dec. 11, at 11 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Cemetery in North Canaan.

Memorial donations may be made to the Humane Society of the United States, 1255  23rd St. NW, Suite 450, Washington, DC 20037.

Arrangements are under the care of the Newkirk Palmer Funeral Home.

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