My name is Peggy Ryan

     When I was growing up I attended St. Joseph Parish with my family and spent my first eight years of school at the old three story brick school house at Holy Trinity. The year I finished the eighth grade was the last year the parish provided classes for grades nine through twelve so I completed high school at St. Aloysius and went on to receive my teaching degree at Ohio Dominican.

   I loved being a teacher and had many plans and dreams for the future. Then one Monday afternoon on October 28, 1968 as I was driving home from Glenford Elementary I was involved in a fatal accident and returned to the Lord at the age of 22.

  My time with you was brief and I could not live out my dreams but I believe we are here for a reason and we all have our time on earth for a purpose, whatever it may be, and somewhere between the time we arrive and the time we go may lie a reason we were alive that some may never know.

  Some loving friends have established “The Peggy Ryan Memorial Endowment” to provide tuition assistance for children that attend Holy Trinity School just as I did when I was young.  It’s a legacy of love.

  We all have fond memories of those innocent years, and the cherished education we received with the hope it will continue for future generations. I consider those days a point of reflection not where things begin and end but a timeline into something cyclical and regenerative with a sublime expression of love and tradition that speaks from the heart. Please open your hearts and help keep the dream alive, for dreams can be very fragile.

             “Where your treasure is your heart will follow”

The Peggy Ryan Memorial Endowment is a perpetual fund established to provide tuition assistance for students of Holy Trinity School. Your offerings to the endowment can be received by the following methods:

Credit card contributions may be received by clicking on my picture or by accessing the following link:  https://catholic-foundation.org/give-now/530

Additionally if you are interested in sending a check please mail to:

The Catholic Foundation

257 East Broad Street

Columbus, Ohio 43215-3703

Please note on the check that it is for the “Holy Trinity Somerset Peggy Ryan Endowment”.