George C. Peper

Date of Birth: November 9, 1885
Date of Death April 8, 1956
DATE AND TIME OF SERVICE Wednesday, April 11, 1956
1:30 p.m. Orvedahl Chapel 2 p.m. Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Interment Flandreau Cemetery
Minister Rev. Richard N. Nelson
PALLBEARERS: Peter Thelen August Schroeder, Lawrence Hasvold, Kermit Thielson, Reiner Pulscher, Louie Hammer
SPECIAL MUSIC "My Faith Looks Up To Thee" "The Lord's Prayer"
Leo Kotan: soloist
Mrs. Kenneth Rewalt: Organist

George Peper was born at Manilla, Iowa, November 9, 1885. He spent his childhood and grew to manhood near Manilla. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith in Iowa on January 10, 1890. On March 24, 1909, he was united in marriage to Amanda Jahn. To this union five children were born. They farmed for five years near Manilla and moved to South Dakota in 1914, where they lived northwest of Flandreau until February 1943 when they moved into town. Although they moved into Flandreau, Mr. Peper remained active in farming.

SURVIVORS
He is survived by his wife, Amanda; three daughters, Mrs. Robert (Gertie) Wiese, Rushmore, Minnesota; Mrs. George (Viola) Relf, Egan; Mrs. Desmond (Edna) Johnson, Egan; two sons, Herman and Emil, Flandreau; one sister, Mrs. Mary Carstens of Manilla, Iowa; and 18 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two sisters and one brother.


George Peper, 70, died Sunday, April 8, 1956
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday at the Orvedahl Chapel and 2 p.m., from Our Savior's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Richard Nelson officiating. Burial at Union Cemetery, Flandreau, South Dakota.

Son of George and Sophia (Meggohtsen) Peper, he was born November 9, 1885, at Manilla, Iowa. Married Amanda Jahn, March 24, 1909, at Manilla. Moved to South Dakota in 1914. Moved to Flandreau from farm in 1943.

Survivors are the widow; five children: Gertie (Mrs. Robert) Wiese, Rushmore, Minnesota; Viola (Mrs. George) Reif, and Edna (Mrs. Desmond) Johnson, Egan; Herman and Emil, Flandreau; a sister; and 18 grandchildren.
Argus Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 4, 1956