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Margaret S.

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Selgo

May 12, 1930 — Mar 25, 2025

Obituary

Margaret S. Selgo, age 94, of Archbold, Ohio, formerly of Peoria, Arizona, and Pettisville, Ohio, passed away on March 25, 2025 at Fairlawn Nursing Home.  She had been in declining health in recent years.

She was born May 12, 1930 in Gypsum, Ohio to John and Mary (Kerul) Papcun, immigrants from Czechoslovakia.  She married Richard E. Selgo Sr. on May 24, 1952 and he preceded her in death in 2011.  Margaret was a 1948 graduate of Port Clinton (OH) High School and a member of the Congregational Church of Sun City, Arizona.

Margaret was Postmaster at the Pettisville (OH) Post Office for 25 years, retiring in 1991.  She was an avid follower of her three sons during their sports careers.

Margaret was a leading bowler in the Toledo Blade Queens Traveling League for many years and is currently enshrined in the Toledo Bowling Hall of Fame.  She has also been inducted into the Phoenix (AZ) Bowling Hall of Fame. She was a member of six championship teams with Pilliod Tables and Ansberg West in the Toledo Blade Queens Traveling League and averaged 197 in the 1988-89 season.

Margaret averaged 190 or better for 13 seasons and was listed in the Woman Bowler magazine for six years among the leading 10-year consecutive composite league average bowlers in the United States. Besides winning the prestigious Hoinke Classic singles title in Cincinnati, she also won the Toledo Women's Bowlers Association all-events championship, as well as four other city championships.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her two sisters, Ann and Mary, and brother John.  She is survived by sons Dick Jr. (Cathy) of Archbold, Ohio; Jim (Kandy) of Goodyear, Arizona; Tim (Teresa) of Walker, Michigan; 7 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren.

The family will be holding a private memorial service and asks that memorials be sent to Fairlawn Haven, Assisted Living; Community Health Professionals/Hospice of Archbold; Pettisville School Foundation; or Bluestreak Athletic Complex. www.ShortFuneralHome.com

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