Bessie Pepperman1 
F, (28 September 1894 - 6 October 1985)
Bessie Pepperman was born on 28 September 1894.2,1 She was the daughter of Charles S. Pepperman and Estella Smith. Bessie Pepperman married Raymond S. Kiess, son of Solomon Kiess and Lydia Waltz, circa 1912 at Quiggleville Evangelical United Brethren Church parsonage, Quiggleville, Lycoming Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, by the Reverend C. B. Snyder.2,3 Bessie Pepperman died on 6 October 1985 at age 91 years and 8 days.1 She was buried on 9 October 1985 in the Woodward Township Cemetery, located in Woodward Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.
The anniversary announcement for Bessie Pepperman and Raymond S. Kiess was published sometime in 21 December in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Kiess, 821 Prospect Avenue, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. The couple was married at the parsonage of Quiggleville Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. C. B. Snyder officiating at the ceremony. They are members of the St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Church. Mr. Kiess is self employed as a carpenter. They are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Reighnard Dugan, State College.3 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Bessie's last known residence was Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1
The anniversary announcement for Bessie Pepperman and Raymond S. Kiess was published sometime in 21 December in the local paper, printed in Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. This announcement stated:
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond S. Kiess, 821 Prospect Avenue, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary recently. The couple was married at the parsonage of Quiggleville Evangelical United Brethren Church with Rev. C. B. Snyder officiating at the ceremony. They are members of the St. John's Evangelical United Brethren Church. Mr. Kiess is self employed as a carpenter. They are the parents of one daughter, Mrs. Reighnard Dugan, State College.3 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Bessie's last known residence was Williamsport, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania.1
Child of Bessie Pepperman and Raymond S. Kiess
- Vida M. Kiess+ (13 Mar 1913 - 29 Aug 2001)
Last Edited=8 Oct 2009
Citations
- [S578] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.com> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, March 2005 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. BESSIE KIESS, birth listed as 28 Sep 1894, died listed as Oct 1985, issued in the State of Pennsylvania. Last residence Williamsport, Lycoming, PA, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 6 Jun 2005.
- [S21] Watson Kiess, History of the Kiess Family, Who Came From Germany and Settled In Pennsylvania In The Early 1800's (Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: n.pub., 1957), p. 17.
- [S612] Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Kiess 50th Wedding Anniversary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 21 December. The original article was from a scrapbook of personal memorabilia compiled by Zella (Lovell) Stabler (1916- ). Viewed at her home, RD #3, Box 156 (now Jobs Run Road), Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania in October of 1992, by Kevin Sholder. Zella Elvira Lovell, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA.