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- [S179] Obituary, For M James Peppler.
M. James Peppler, 78, of Parks Township,
died Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2011, in UPMC St.
Margaret, Aspinwall. Born June 2, 1933, in
Vandergrift, to the late Roy and Goldie
(Woodside) Peppler. Mr. Peppler lived in Parks
Township all of his life. He was employed by
U.S. Steel Corporation in Vandergrift as a
sergeant in the Security Department, retiring
in 1983. He was also an EMT. Mr. Peppler
served in the Army during the Korean War.
He was a member of the North Apollo Church
of God in North Apollo. James loved spending
time with his family and puppy-sitting every
chance he got. He also enjoyed hunting, yard
work, keeping a garden, canning and making
his famous chili. Besides his parents, James
was preceded in death by his beloved wife of
46 years, Esther Marie Peppler, in 2003; a
daughter, Sandra Dee, in 1969; one sister,
Jeanette Shellhammer; one brother, Roy
Peppler; and an infant brother. James is
survived by two sons, Dan (Noanie) Peppler,
of North Apollo, and Douglas (Deb) Peppler,
of Parks Township; one daughter, Lisa (Jeff)
Williams, of Parks Township; six
grandchildren, Amanda and Christopher
Peppler, Scott and Corey Williams and Annie
and Ethan Altmire; one brother, Stanley
(Sally) Peppler, of Gilpin Township; two
sisters, Virginia Weidner, of Apollo, and Jane
(Donald) Cessna, of Rural Valley; sisters-inlaw,
Betty Peppler, of Bethel Township, and
ValJean (Wayne) Eckman, of Elderton; as well
as many loving nieces and nephews. A
memorial service will be held at 1 p.m.
Sunday at the North Apollo Church of God,
North Apollo, with the Rev. Robert
Shallenberger officiating. Private burial in
Bethel Lutheran Cemetery, Ford City.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the
care of the CURRAN-SHAFFER FUNERAL HOME
AND CREMATORY INC., 100 Owens View Ave.,
- [S634] 1930 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Armstrong, Parks, Vandergrift, SD 8.
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