Mrs. Peggy Schuster Freund, of Dyersburg, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023 at Jackson-Madison Co. General Hospital.  She was born January 24, 1932 to Max & Gladys Pence.  She was a graduate of both Southwestern University (later Rhodes College) and Memphis State University.  She spent her career as a math teacher for Dyersburg City Schools and was dedicated to her community in many ways.  She was a member of the McDowell Music Club, the Dyersburg Women's Club and was vice-president of the Dyersburg Jaycees' "Jaycettes" group.  She supported her children as a volunteer Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader, co-founding the Girl Scouts' Cadet Troop.  She was a long-time member of First Baptist Church, where she sang in the choir and taught Sunday School.  She also was a devoted supporter of the American Cancer Society.

She is survived by her sons, Howard Schuster III & wife, Vicky and John Paul Schuster & wife, Glenda, her daughter, Betty Norwood & husband, Ron and her brother Mike Pence & wife, Cathy.  She was lovingly known as Grandma by her five grandchildren and GG by her seven great-grandchildren.  She is preceded in death by her parents and her husbands, Howard Schuster, Jr.  & Henry Freund.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 21, 2023 from Noon until funeral services begin at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with interment to follow in Fairview Cemetery.

The family ask that memorials be directed to the American Cancer Society, in lieu of flowers.