Peggy Hansen Charles, 67 of Midway Park, passed away Saturday morning at Carolina East Medical Center in New Bern. Peggy was a devoted nurse who spent her life looking out for her family and her community. Services will be private per family request. Peggy was preceded in death by her mom Nellie and her brother Jerry Hansen. She is survived by her daughters Nancy Biessener and husband Kyle of Jacksonville and Rebecca Kerr and husband Nathan also of Jacksonville; grandchildren Opal Re Biessener, Siara Sanchez, and Anthony Sanchez; brother Patrick Hansen and wife Stephanie of Gladstone, VA; and sister Lois Lucado and husband Phillip of Appomattox, VA. Instead of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Lupus Foundation https://www.lupus.org/northcarolina/support-services-nc or to Julie’s Pink Warrior Project of Onslow County https://foundation.onslow.org/julies-pink-warrior-project in her honor. Johnson Funeral Home of Jacksonville is honored to assist the Charles family in this difficult time.