Funeral Director
Peggi’s warm, caring approach to funeral planning is a lifeline for families enduring a difficult time.
She listens carefully to what they need and then does everything possible to make it happen. She never says, “No,” but “let me see what I can do.” Peggi believes that her compassion can help make the funeral a positive, healing process, so families can grieve the way they need to.
Peggi joined Chicago Jewish Funerals in 2003. She was a volunteer for the Center on Deafness in Northbrook and the Mentally Handicapped Recreation program in Joliet, with a working knowledge of sign language. Also has volunteered for Buddy Baseball.
Peggi previously worked at Weinstein Brothers, (now Weinstein Family Services, owned by Service Corporation International (SCI) for 15 years. She is a graduate of Worsham College of Mortuary Science, and earned her BA in Journalism/Communications from the University of St. Francis in 1983.
Peggi lives in Buffalo Grove with her husband Jay Calcaterra. They have two children, Kyle and Cori.
