Edgar “Bill” Peabody

June 25, 2015

Edgar “Bill” Peabody passed away on June 21, 2015, with his loving wife Roslyn Ivanoff at his side. He was born in Vienna, VA, to Edgar and Elizabeth Peabody on August 5, 1930, and lived the last 20 years of his life in Pensacola. After graduation from Fairfax High School with the Class of 1948, Ed briefly attended college until the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 at which time he joined the U.S. Army as a member of the Military Police, receiving multiple awards for his service. From 1963-1995, Ed worked for the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) as a Commissary Management Specialist. Ed received several commendations for his work for the Federal Government. He retired from government service at Fort Lee, VA, in 1995.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and Elizabeth “Bessie” Meyers Peabody and his brothers, John Stanley Peabody and Richard Meyers Peabody.

Ed is survived by his wife of almost 34 years, Roslyn Maloney Ivanoff; his three stepchildren André Ivanoff of New York, NY, Ashleigh Lynn Ivanoff of Albany, NY and Nicholas Ivanoff of Mill Valley, CA, his two grandsons, Alexander and Andrew Ivanoff Kahn of New York; his sisters, Mary Gaddis of Spring Island, SC and Esther “Ginger” Williams of Belleair, FL ; his nephew, Robert J. M. Gaddis of Miami FL, nieces, Alyssa Pascucci of Spring Island, SC, and Christiana Masucci of Far Hills, NJ, and Dale Fenstermaker, his close friend and a true neighbor of Pensacola.

Visitation will be held at 11:30am Thursday, June 25, 2015 with Funeral Services beginning at 12:30pm at Faith Chapel North in Cantonment with Rev. Bill Flannigan officiating. Interment follows at Barrancas National Cemetery.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under Obituaries