Death of local radio star 22/8/11
The funeral is taking place today of a popular Lewis radio personality who died of cancer.
A legion of fans loved Peggy Macneil, best known for hosting the Saturday-
She died, aged 66, in the Bethesda hospice in Stornoway on Thursday, with her husband,
Stornoway taxi driver, Neil, and son Francis, a Glasgow-
Many listeners knew only the usual bright, bubbly, humorous lady by the sound of her voice on the airwaves and never realised doctors had not expected her to see last Christmas.
Her parents hailed from Lochs and Peggy was born in Stornoway. She spent all but nine years in the same house on Macleod Road where she grew up, married and raised her own family.
The compassionate and generous woman lived under the shadow of cancer over the last 15 years. Yet she bore her illness with remarkable fortitude and her optimistic, sunny personality belied the pain she was suffering.
Her son Kevin is due to get married in London this Saturday and Peggy was overjoyed
he had found his soul mate with his bride-
The family praised the help and care she received at the Bethesda hospice.
Kevin said: “She would have a laugh and was being mischievous with staff and I think they were fond of her.
“They were very good to her. After her first stay she felt re-
“She was very tenacious and fought her illness bravely and always kept her sense of humour.”
Kevin said the wedding would be a small, quiet affair with just a meal and no dance,
and would go-
Mourners made donations to cancer charities at the funeral service at Stornoway’s Martin’s Memorial Church. The burial was taking place at Sandwick cemetery.