Re: Leila OR Lelia Pepe
PARRIS, ADELMUND, MORGAN, PEPE
Posted By: Karen-Volunteer (email) In Response To: Leila OR Lelia Pepe (Paula Morgan)
Date: 4/4/2016 at 19:14:13
Hi Paula,
I had a brilliant friend help me with your semi-mystery. I am glad to report that your husband's grandmother is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Parkersburg IA. She died at the hospital in Waverly, Bremer County, IA on 5 Aug 1967.
She was married to Abbe Adelmund who she would have married after 1955 as that is when his first wife died. I will be getting her obituary soon and will send it on.
The previous information I sent is not quite correct as Lela married Ernest Morgan first. They were married 22 Oct 1932 in Scotland Co, MO and Lela's father gave permission as she was 17.
The family was in Washington County Iowa in 1920
Jefferson County Iowa in 1925 and 1930. I found where her sister Mildred Cox is buried in Jefferson County at the Memorial Lawn Cemetery. Mildred was born in Scotland Co, MO in 1910 so an older sister.As I live in Butler County I will go take a photo of her headstone if she has one someday soon when it is a bit warmer.
I do not know when she would have been married to Earle Josesph Pepe but at least we now know where she is buried. I know my friend saw an indication that she had been sick for several years before she died at age 51. Earle donated his body to the University of Iowa so he is memorialized at the cemetery in Iowa City that remember those who donate to science.
I am so glad we were able to figure that out although to be honest I am now curious how she ended up in Butler County, IA! LOL
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