Hazel I. Knepper 1916-2010
Hazel I. Knepper, 94, of Pandora died Nov. 25, 2010, at the Orange City Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, Debary, Fla. She was born in Pandora on Oct. 10, 1916 to Roy and Carrie Beard Tousley. On Feb. 15, 1938 she married Paul Knepper who preceded her in death on Sept/ 17, 2002. Mrs. Knepper was a homemaker and had worked at the Russell Company, Pandora. She was a member of the Pandora Church of Christ. She enjoyed baking and helping at the church.
Survivors include a son Ronald (Carolyn) Knepper of Orange City, Fla., two granddaughters, Rhonda (Abie) Levesque and Sheila Knepper, three grandchildren, Christopher Fout, Andrew and Morgan Levesque, two step grandchildren, Danny and Jamie Levesque and three great great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Vernon and Clyde Tousley and two sisters, Lois Huber and Geraldine Tousley.
Funeral services will begin 11 a.m. Monday at Chiles-Laman Funeral Home, Bluffton. Burial will be in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery, Pandora. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. Sunday, at the funeral home. Online condolences may be expressed at www.chiles-lamanfh.com.
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