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Peggy Colson, age 83, of Burlington, Oklahoma, passed away Tuesday, February 15, 2022. She was born July 31, 1938, to Melvin and Beulah Cook. She was a graduate of Burlington Public Schools and Northwestern Oklahoma State University. While at NWOSU, she was a member of Delta Zeta sorority and was Ranger Queen her freshman year. She married Willis D. Colson in 1958 and had three children, Nick, Craig, and Jill. Peggy worked at Farmers Exchange Bank in Cherokee before becoming the fourth-grade teacher at Burlington Public Schools, where she taught for 21 years. She retired in 2002 to enjoy more...