John Peppers

PEPPERS, GAY, WELLER

Posted By: Deb Barker (email)
Date: 10/26/2014 at 20:12:20

Ottumwa tri-weekly courier, September 06, 1910

MRS. JOHN PEPPERS ANSWERS FINAL SUMMONS—WAS WELL KNOWN SOUTH OTTUMWAN
An illness which compelled the patient to be bedfast for the past two months ended Sunday morning at 9:30 o'clock, when death called Mrs. Mary Ellen Peppers, wife or John Peppers, at the family home, corner Chester and Quincy avenues. Mrs. Peppers was 75 years, 3 months and 24 days old, and had lived in Ottumwa for the past ten years. Surviving are her husband and nine children and one sister, together with numerous other relatives and friends. Death was not unexpected, and the last hours of life were made very peaceful by the presence of most of the children. The funeral will be held from the family residence, corner Chester and Quincy avenues, Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. D. C. Smith will conduct the services, and a ladies quartet will sing. Interment will be made in Shaul cemetery. Mary Ellen Peppers was a native of Illinois, being born May 10, 1835. She was a sister of the late Benjamin Prettyman, a well-known attorney and politician of Pekin. Ill. She had lived in Iowa since 1855, locating in Davis and Appanoose counties before coming to this city. She was a member of the Methodist faith, a devoted wife and a much beloved mother. The survivors are her husband, John Peppers, and one sister, Mrs. Lydia Gay of Gainesville, Texas, and the following children: Mrs. Myra P. Weller of Mitchell. S. D., Ben S. Peppers of Ottumwa. Iowa, Mrs. Harriett Minthorn of Woodville, Oregon, Mrs. Alice Harbough of Kansas City, Mo., Edward L. Peppers of Milton, Kas., Mrs. Nell P. Liden of Goldfield, Iowa, Dr. John L. Peppers of Goldfield, Iowa, Mrs. Bertha Pratt of Kansas City, Mo., and Irvin S. Peppers of Muscatine, Iowa.