Margaret (Peg) A. Paris, 93, of Gettysburg, died peacefully at her home on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
She was born January 27, 1928, in Gettysburg, the daughter of the late Howard G. Ridinger and Amy (Sheads) Ridinger. She was also preceded in death by her husband Robert Paris and beloved son, Robert Paris Jr.
Peg graduated from Gettysburg High School in 1946. After high school she moved to Arizona where she was selected to work in a lab on Vanguard missiles. This was top secret work that she was not allowed to tell anyone about at the time.
When she returned to Gettysburg she worked at Black & Decker, Grants, Murphyâs, and The House of Glass. In the evenings she helped her husband and son at their family business, R. Paris & Son where they drilled and reamed the barrels of Kentucky Long Rifles.