Peggy Ulmen

Margaret E. Peggy Ulmen, 61, Bismarck, passed away peacefully on February 24, 2007, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. Services will be held Wednesday, February 28, at 10:30 AM at the Church of St. Mary in Bismarck, with the Rev. Bruce Krebs and Rev. Charlie Heidt officiating. Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck. Visitation will be Tuesday from 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM at Eastgate Funeral Service where a vigil service will be held at 7:00 PM. Visitation will continue Wednesday one hour prior to the service at the church. Peggy was born on August 10, 1945, to Thomas and Frances Bohl, the oldest of five. She was raised on the family farm near Fallon until her father died when she was eight. The family moved to Bismarck and then to Wilton when her mother remarried John Gregoryk, who had six children; together they had three more. Peggy graduated from Wilton High School. She lived and worked in Chicago and San Francisco. Upon returning to Bismarck, she worked for Governor Art Link. In 1979, Peggy married Michael Ulmen and they had two children, Laura and Michael. She graduated from the University of Mary with a degree in social work. Providing adult foster care for developmentally disabled people for 30 years allowed Peggy to stay home with their children. For the last decade, Kathy and Joyce have shared their home. The family is grateful for enormous loving support and especially appreciated hospice and nurse, Shauna. She is survived by her husband, Michael of Bismarck; her children Laura of St. Paul, MN, and Michael his fiancee, Emily of Grand Forks, ND; her siblings, Corrine Easton Wayne Schell and Linda Mike Vig, all of Bismarck, Susan Ralph Beardsworth of Augusta, GA, Jon Karen Gregoryk of Charles Town, WV, Jackie Tracy Aronson of Crary, ND, Bob Gregoryk of Weston, FL, Joan Gregoryk of Washington, D.C., Mary Jean O'Hara and Carol Brook, both of Mesa, AZ, and Helen Brad Bergman of Minot, ND; her brother-in-law and sister-in-law, David and Margaret Sitte of Bismarck; her sister-in-law, Marge Conley of Bismarck; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Thomas Bohl; and her sisters, Mary Joanne Bohl, Janet Gregoryk, and Bernadine Gregoryk.

Peggy Ulmen

August 10, 1945 - February 24, 2007