PEEBLER, Esther McCAIN 1896 - 1968

PEEBLER, MCCAIN, DAVISSON, DREWER

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 3/29/2006 at 21:44:37

"The Fairfield Ledger"
Thursday, October 3, 1968
Page 1, Column 2

Death came late Wednesday afternoon to Mrs. Glenn PEEBLER, 72, retired school teacher in the Fairfield Community School System.

She passed away at 5:45 p.m. at the Jefferson County Hospital after a lingering illness.

Last rites will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Raymond Funeral Home with Dr. Curtis R. Douglass officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.

Esther PEEBLER was born June 5, 1896, in Bengal, Ind., daughter of the Rev. James and Ida DAVISSON McCAIN. She graduated from high school in Lawton, Okla., and attended State Teacher's College at Cedar Falls.

She was united in marriage on Nov. 4, 1923, at Marne, Iowa, to Glenn PEEBLER, who survives. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church and taught in the Fairfield schools for a number of years. She had served as a substitute teacher since 1943.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by one son, Richard, Des Moines; three grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Lola DREWER, Mt. Pleasant. She was preceded in death by one sister.

[Also posted to the Cass County Obituaries board]

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s).

Note: Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Fairfield, in Lot 3rd.113 with husband Glenn who died in 1972.

Admin. note: I had originally transcribed an abbreviated version of this obituary. In May, 2013, Sherri Meck (shlymeck at att.net) provided the complete transcription which appears above; she extensively researches the PEEBLER lineage.