Submitted by Georgia Gill-Elkins South Bend Tribune Sept. 23, 1954

Mrs. Amelia Pepple

Mrs. Amelia Pepple, who resided with her son L. L. Pepple, East Ireland Road, died Wednesday morning in his home after an illness of two years. She was born in Legonier, Ind., Feb 19, 1881 and came here from Waterloo, Ind., five years ago. She was married in Waterloo, April 2, 1899, to George Pepple, who died in 1949. Surviving besides her son, are five sisters, Mrs. Claude Rohrbaugh, of South Bend, Mrs. Ella Ketel, of Muncie, Ind., Mrs. John Stahl, of Waterloo, and Mrs. Henrietta Crooks and Mrs. Eva Ketel, both of Auburn, Ind.; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends may call in the Dilgard Funeral Home, Auburn, until the funeral there at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Burial will be in the Waterloo Cemetery.