Obit: Pepper, Irma I. (1904 - 1979)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Pepper, Rowe, Kapfer, Kissling, Murphy, Bandelow, Borde

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/01/1979

Pepper, Irma I. (13 November 1904 – 19 October 1979)

Funeral services for Irma I. Pepper, who died on October 19, were held at the Cargill Methodist Chapel, Janesville, on October 22. Her six grandsons acted as the pallbearers.

Irma I. Pepper was born to Ernest and Grace Rowe on November 13, 1904, in the Town of York. She was educated in area rural schools and graduated from the Neillsville High School. On May 6, 1927, she and George Everett Pepper were united in marriage in Neillsville. The couple later moved to Janesville. They also lived in several places in Illinois, came back to Neillsville, moved to Custer, S.D., returning to Janesville in 1956, where he preceded her in death in August 1972.

Survivors include three daughters and two sons, Mrs. Betty Kapfer of Janesville, Mrs. Ernest (Jane) Kissling of Neillsville, Mrs. Willie (Shirley) Murphy of Sycamore, Ill., Geo. Allen Pepper of Rapid City, S.D. and Wayne R. Pepper of Janesville. Also surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Leland (Isla) Bandelow of Menomonie and Mrs. Fern Borde of Albany, Ore.; 13 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.