Peggy Tibbits

Peggy submitted the following narrative to our 1971 - 1981 “From Sea to Shining Sea”

I am married to Wayne from Scottsdale, Arizona. We met in the swimming pool at Madison Park Apartments. Our children are Carrie, 5-12, Christie and Danny, 2. No higher education for me, and 4 years at CU for Wayne who majored in English. I worked at the Boulder Medical Center. Wayne was drafted in 1975 by the Pittsburgh Steelers. Two years later he asked to be traded to Denver. Two months after that, he gave up football because of nagging injuries.

In 1972 we enjoyed 10 days in Daytona Beach at the Gator Bowl. Besides various vacations around Colorado, we enjoyed a trip to Las Vegas, which turned out to be very profitable. Our future plans include remodeling our 25 year old home, raising three fantastic kids, and going on my first cruise for our 10th wedding anniversary. We’d like to share our bills with our classmates.

Memories of Peggy Tibbitts by Mary Goodhue Deutsch

My earliest memory of Peggy Tibbitts was at Boulder High in Mr. Holland’s 7:30 a.m. Biology class, which was the first class I attended as a brand-new “onie.” Peggy and I met on or about that very first day, making her my first new friend at BHS.

The things I remember most about Peggy involve summers with her and her family. They had a boat, and I recall many summer mornings at the “Res” (early, when it was still glassy) with Peggy, her brother Ross, and other friends water skiing until the wind kicked-up.

Peggy’s parents owned a Mitchell camper, and belonged to one of the original Mitchell camper caravans, which would travel together to various recreational areas around the state. In the summer, they would always bring the boat. I remember one caravan trip to a lake somewhere around Ft. Morgan where Peggy and I literally slept in the boat, so that we could be the first ones out on the water when the sun came up. We would grab some little kid to act as the observer, and take turns pulling each other around the lake for hours on end. At the end of that trip, we were so sore from water skiing, we could barely walk (and we were in shape in those days).

Peggy had a great sense of humor, and was a little bit of a “rebel,” which were the things I loved most about her. We drank our share of beers, smoked our share of cigarettes, and TP’d our share of houses – which would always make us laugh. Peggy was always upbeat and fun; I never knew her to be in any other frame of mind.

The last time I saw Peggy was at a Boulder High Homecoming in the fall of 1980, to which all of the Cheerleaders and Pom-Pom Girls for the last 10 years were invited, and to which we all wore our old cheer/pom-pom sweaters. Gina Funderburgh and I drove to Boulder from California – just for the weekend – and had a great time seeing all of the gals and performing the “School Song” at a pep rally, with about 50 other former Cheerleaders and Pom-Pom Girls from years past. I have quite a few photos from that event, including one showing Peggy sitting next to Beckie (Miller) Alexander and Carol Wille. Behind them (from left to right) are David Grelle, Gina Funderburgh, Gwen Holloway and Colleen Waneka.

Peggy passed away at the age of 35, leaving behind young children. I miss her to this day.