Margaret (Peg) Dean Ask, age 97, passed away on December 20, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on what would have been her 73rd wedding anniversary. She was born Margaret Ann Dean on August 29, 1926, in Rahway, New Jersey, to Dion Kanouse and Margaret (Brearley) Dean. She was a 1948 graduate of Smith College in Massachusetts, where she was a member of the synchronized swimming team. After graduation, she pursued a career as a physical education teacher, which took her to schools in New York and Montana. While at the University of Montana, she met Thomas Ask, of Vananda, Montana, whom she wo...