Funeral services were held for Nick Pepperd on Sunday, March 18, 1962, at 2:00 p.m. in the Presbyterian church at Coldwater.Rev. Ernest Lawrence and Rev. Robert Bates officiated at the services. Organist was Miss Jacqueline Vance. Soloist was Mrs. Harold Herd, who sang "How Great Thou Art" and "Ivory Palaces."
Pallbearers were Glenn Jordan, Raymond Lohrding, Bob Gilchrist, Claude Bramlett, Ralph Klepinger and Ralph Griffith.
Honorary pallbearers were Raymond Parcel, Roy Lytle, Sam Lawrence, T. R. Hackney, Nig Atteberry and Sam Crouse.
Graveside services were given by the Comanche Masonic Lodge No. 295.
Interment was in the Crown Hill Cemetery, Coldwater, Kansas.
Obituary Nicholas Pepperd, son of Patrick and Bridgett Pepperd, was born in Norwood, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio, on January 17, 1877. He passed away in the Comanche County Hospital March 15, 1962, at the age of 85 years, one months and 26 days.
Mr. Pepperd moved to Comanche county with his parents in 1884. He was united in marriage to Alma Elizabeth Todd February 22, 1905. They made their home on a farm southeast of Coldwater and moved to Coldwater in May, 1951, when their home was destroyed by fire.
Mr. Pepperd has been a member of the Masonic Lodge since 1909. He was a member of the Presbyterian church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ray McKee, Garden City, Kansas, and Elizabeth Pepperd, Colorado Springs, Colo.; one son, John T. Pepperd, Coldwater, one brother, Tom C. Pepperd, Wilmore, Kans.; seven grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife, who passed away May 14, 1961; his parents, three sisters, five brothers, one grandson and one granddaughter.
The Western Star, March 29, 1962.
Out of Town Relatives Attend Pepperd Funeral Among the out of town relatives who came to the funeral of Nick Pepperd last Sunday were: S-Sgt. and Mrs. Raymond Fleming and family of Biloxi, Miss.; Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Huck of Manhattan; Mr. and Mrs. Ray McKee of Garden City and Miss Elizabeth Pepperd of Colorado Springs, Colo.
Mr. Huck went back to Manhattan Sunday evening and Mrs. Huck spent the following week visiting relatives.
The Western Star, February 18, 1955. The fiftieth wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Pepperd of Coldwater will be celebrated on Sunday, February 20, with open house from 2:00 to 6:00 o'clock at the home of their son, John Pepperd.
HOLDING OPEN HOUSE
Mr. and Mrs. Pepperd have three children - Elizabeth Pepperd of Colorado Springs, Colo., Mrs. Rae McKee of Garden City, Kans., and John Pepperd of Coldwater. They also have six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
They are all expected to be at the John Pepperd home for the anniversary.
Captain C. C. Pepperd, one of the pioneer settlers of Comanche county, arrived here the first of the week on a visit with relatives. He is an uncle of Tom, Will and Nick Pepperd and of Mrs. J. Maple. Captain Pepperd settled in the eastern part of this county several years before the county was organized (about the year 1875) and lived here until about the year 1889. His home is now in Mineral Wells, Texas. It had been sometime since he was here, and he was surprised at the many changes in the way of improvements in the town and all over the county during the past fifteen years. He found quite a number of the old timers with whom he was well acquainted 25 years ago. -- The Wilmore News, June 3, 1915.
Draft Registration card: Nick Pepperd
of Wilmore, Comanche County, Kansas.
United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls.
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