Mary Ann (Givens) Pepper (1928-2009)
PEPPER, GIVENS, REED, LOONAN, MANTHOS, NETCOTT, PETERSON
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 5/24/2009 at 10:44:43
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Saturday, May 23, 2009.
Mary Ann (Givens) Pepper, 80, of Boone, died Thursday, May 21, 2009, at Boone County Hospital in Boone. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at Schroeder Memorial Chapel at Sixth and Marshall streets in Boone with Pastor Paul Fraser officiating. Burial will be in Gilbert Cemetery. The cremains of Mary’s husband, Frank “Dugan” Pepper, who died Dec. 5, 2005, will be interred with her at the time of burial. Friends may call at the funeral chapel from noon to 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral chapel where the family will be present after 1 p.m.
Mary was born in Boone on June 3, 1928, the daughter of Hugh and Ethel (Reed) Givens. She graduated from Boone High School in 1946. She married Frank “Dugan” Pepper April 15, 1949, in Boone. They lived in Gilbert from 1956 to 1984, at which time the couple moved to Boone. She attended Bernel’s School of Cosmetology in Ames and in earlier years, she was a self-employed beautician in Gilbert. She then worked in food service for the Gilbert Community and Boone schools for 20 years.
She was a member of the women’s auxiliary of the V.F. W. Francis Steele Post No. 817. She enjoyed reading, hand quilting, playing Bingo and fishing on the Des Moines River in the boat with her son, Scott, and her little dog, Peppy Lou. She was an avid Cubs fan and was very much into politics and watched the MSNBC and CSPAN channels all day, except during her two soaps.
She is survived by two sons, Frank “Jess” Pepper and wife, Penny, of Ames and Scott Pepper, of Boone; two daughters, Cathy Pepper and companion, Otto Gross, of Blue Springs, Mo., and Susan Loonan and husband, Joe, of Gilbert; one brother, Mike Givens, of Boone; one sister, Nancy Manthos, of Kennewick, Wash.; six grandchildren, Kate Pepper. of Mission, Kan., Sammie Pepper. of Iowa City, Michael Netcott, Jeremy Peterson and companion, Molly Rose, of Iowa City, Shelly Peterson and companion, Jack Day, of Dexter, and Joe Loonan and wife, Amy, of Ames; and four great-grandchildren Jacob Thomas Peterson, Grace Ann Peterson, MaKayla Netcott and Ryan Netcott. Two great-grandchildren are due to arrive in September and December.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband in 2005; and two brothers, Jack and Tom Givens.
Memorials may be given to the American Heart Association.
Online condolences and a guestbook are available at www.schroedermemorialchapel.com.
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