St. Clair County Obits

HENRY JAMES PIEPMEIER

Hill & Son Funeral Home, LLC
Monday, June 23, 2006

H.J. Piepmeier  (April 2, 1925 - June 21, 2008)
H.J. Piepemeier (Henry James) was born April 2, 1925 to Jesse E. and Lelia (Routsong) Piepmeier. He resided in Bates County all his life and graduated from Appleton City High School in 1943. H.J. received Christ while a young man. A great joy of his life was to see others led to the Lord. He was a deacon of the First Baptist Church and enjoyed teaching his Sunday school class. He was married in 1948 to Beulah I. Johnson and to this union was born three children: Rondal, Terry, and Teresa.. Beulah died of cancer in 1976 after a wonderful life together. He married Clarice Joan Purvis in 1977 and “Judy” died in January of 2002. H.J. was active in the community and served on the School Board at Hudson for several years. One of his favorite things in life was working on the farm. He ran a dairy farm until he retired in 1990. He took pride in his family, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Surviving is one sister Cara Jean (Piepmeier) Young and her husband Elliott; two sons, Rondal of Springfield, Missouri and Terry and wife Judy of Appleton City, Missouri; one daughter Teresa of Springfield, Missouri; grandchildren: Kevin and wife Nicole, Krista and husband Deonne, Kyle and wife Kristi; great-grandchildren: Tyler and Cole, Ryan and Rylea, Katelyn and Keith, and many other relatives and friends.
Service: First Baptist Church in Appleton City, Missouri on Wednesday, June 25, 2008 at 10:00AM
Minister: Brother J.P. Williams
Visitation: Hill & Son Funeral Home in Appleton City, Missouri on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 between 7:00 – 8:30 PM
Interment: Appleton City Cemetery in Appleton City, Missouri
Memorial: First Baptist Church