Margaret Ann Kepple, 77, of Bardolph, died at 1:20 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 20, 1996, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria.
She was born Aug. 16, 1919, in Summum, a daughter of Melvin and Viola Gruber Danner. She married Bernard Kepple on April 11, 1936, in Bardolph. He survives.
Also surviving are four sons, Thurman Kepple and Allen Kepple, both of Bardolph, Dorman Kepple of Avon and Meredith Kepple of Vermont; one daughter, Mrs. Michael (Tana) Eaves of Minneapolis; two brothers, Dayle Danner of Vermont and Phillip Danner of Easton; four sisters, Mrs. Clifford (Mariam) Bushnell and Audrey Bucy, both of Springfield, Mrs. Carl (Shirley) Mathis of Surprise, Ariz., and Mrs. Eldon (Betty) Cox of Longview, Texas; 15 grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and five step-great-grandchildren.
Two sisters and one grandson preceded her in death.
She was a seamstress. She was a member of Macomb Assembly of God Church where she taught Sunday school for many years. She also served on the Missions Board and taught Bible classes to area youth in the summer.
Funeral services were held Saturday at her church with Rev. Alan Puccini officiating. Burial was in Bardolph Cemetery.
Dodsworth-Piper-Wallen Funeral Home in Macomb was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to her church.
From the Peoria Journal Star.
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