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- The Sheridan Press, 21 Jul 2007
Gerald T. 'Jerry' Kepler
Funeral services for Gerald T. "Jerry" Kepler, 68, of Sheridan will be 2 p.m.
Monday at First Presbyterian Church in Moorcroft with Pastor Charles Gifford
of the Mercy and Grace Ministries of Sheridan officiating. Graveside services
will be later in Pennsylvania. Local arrangements are with Kane Funeral Home.
Mr. Kepler died July 19, 2007, at Sheridan VA Medical Center. He was born Aug.
3, 1938, in Elmira, N.Y., to Jesse Abraham Kepler and Beatrice Mollie
(Bassett) Kepler. He served in the Navy from October 1955 to March 1963. He
worked for the railroad in Connecticut and in heating and air conditioning for
several years before moving to Wyoming, where he worked construction. He also
worked with the Wyoming Department as a heavy-equipment operator in Moorcroft
for 19 years, retiring in August 2000. He enjoyed bowling, the company of his
companion and caregiver, Jeannie Mills of Sheridan, and spending time over
coffee with friends and his dog, Pookie. He was preceded in death by a
brother, Paul W., two sisters, Joyce Martone and Sandra Kay Kepler; a
granddaughter. Survivors include two daughters, Pamela Denoy of Wilkes Barre,
Pa., and Mary Hartford of Alba, Pa.; two brothers, Ronald of Montgomery, Pa.,
and Stanley O. of Trout Run, Pa.; two sisters, Harriet Kiessling of
McEwensville, Pa., and Debbie Nicholas of Loganton, Pa.; and seven
grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1938 - 2007 (68 years)