Margaret “Peggy” Engle Trumbo died on May 3, 2025, at home in Alexandria, Virginia.
Born in 1942 in Hampton, Virginia, her father, Raleigh Moore Engle, was a Presbyterian minister, and her mother, Elizabeth Crawford Engle, was an avid Virginia historian.
An active member of St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia, since 1975, she had been a church administrator, a senior high youth advisor, Christian education committee leader, flower coordinator for 30 years, and a founding member of the Women’s Book Group at St. Aidan’s.
Mrs. Trumbo was an honorary lifetime member of the National PTA as a result of her work to formalize the parent-volunteer program in the Fairfax County Public Schools in the 1970s, documenting the thousands of hours parents spent in the schools, and using that information to receive additional teachers and bonuses for the schools. A 1963 graduate with a bachelor of arts in music from Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia, she taught piano privately for 20 years. She was a past-president of The Wing of the Aerospace Medical Association, and supported countless community volunteer activities.
She was married for 52 years to Richard Bonner Trumbo, COL, USAF (ret), who preceded her in death on Feb. 18, 2017.
The couple had two sons, Richard Hunter Trumbo and wife, Stacy, and their two sons, Jacob Robert and Richard Jackson, and Raleigh Bonner Trumbo and wife, Tina, and their two children, Luke Crawford and Anna Elizabeth, all of Alexandria, Virginia. Also surviving are a sister, Betty Engle Stoddard of Raleigh, North Carolina, and numerous nephews and nieces.
Visitation with family will be held from 6 – 8 p.m. Friday at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 Riverside Rd., Alexandria, Virginia. A celebration of her life will be at 11 a.m. on Saturday at St. Aidan’s. A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. on May 24 at Pine Hill Cemetery in Brandywine.
Memorials may be made to the Elizabeth Engle Scholarship Fund, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 24401, or to the Memorial Garden Endowment Fund, St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 8531 Riverside Rd., Alexandria VA 22308.
Memories and words of comfort may be left at www.basagic.com.
