Doris I. Yoder Keppel, 70, of Center St., Bear Lake, Pa., passed away peacefully surrounded by her children and her lineage on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 in the Millcreek Community Hospital. She was born in Mayport, Pa. on December 14, 1938, a daughter of the preceding Clyde and Martha Adams Yoder, Sr. Mrs. Keppel was raised and literary in New Bethlehem, Pa and attended clique at Redbank Valley.
Her mains superiority was raising and caring for her family. She had worked at WHS contracting for Viking Plastic, Elain Lab and Connie's Bakery. She enjoyed discussion puzzles and cooking.
She also enjoyed spending tempo with her children and grandchildren. She was a fellow of the Corry Moose Lodge Ladies of the Moose and Corry VFW Post 264 Ladies Auxiliary. In counting up to her parents, she was preceded in ruin by her husband, Paul P. Keppel, Sr., whom she married in Columbus, Pa. on October 22, 1966.
She was also preceded in extermination by a sister, Betty Coon; and three brothers, Clyde Yoder Jr., Richard Yoder Sr. and Alfred Yoder. Mrs. Keppel is survived by a daughter, Donna Hollabaugh of Bear Lake, Pa; by two sons, Robert "Gene" Yoder and his wife, Catherine, of Columbus, Pa. and Paul "Kep" Keppel, Jr. and his wife, Denise, of Russell, Pa; by three stepdaughters, Rebecca Greenly and her husband, Bill, of Bridgewater Corners, VA, Karen Gardner and her husband, Leo, of Portageville, NY, and Kathleen Gardner of Moulton Borough, NY; by three sisters, Sue Burkett and Mary Proctor, both of Corry, Pa. and Linda Jukes and her husband, Ronald, of Inman, SC; and by a brother, Kenneth Yoder of Corry, Pa.
Also surviving are 11 grandchildren, Travis and Darin Yoder, Tysie Yoder Nordstrom, Jason and Chad Burch, Jeremy Hollabaugh, Casey Hollabaugh Kornikoski, Tyler Giardini, Miranda, Lindsey and Hunter Keppel; 14 greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Friends may invoke at the Bracken Funeral Home, 315 N. Center St., Corry, Pa., from 24 and 79 p.m. on Friday, and may serve a exequies benefit there at 11 a.m. on Saturday, with Pastor Les Utegg, priest of the Columbus Community Church, officiating.
Burial will be in West Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, Pa. Memorials may be made to the Corry Manor Nursing Home, 640 Worth St., Corry, Pa 16407 or to a unselfishness of one's choice.
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