Catherine Elizabeth Hess (1919-1994)

Catherine Elizabeth Hess was born on 14 December 1919 in Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She died in December 1994 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Intelligencer Journal, 8 Jan 1946

Lancaster New Era, 29 December 1994

Catherine H.B. Frimd, 75, of 2009 Temple Ave., died Tuesday night at home after a long illness.

She was the wife of G. William Frimd. Her first husband, Robert Sharp Beppler, died in 1961.

Born in Conestoga Townshp, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Buckwalter and Helen Catherine Groff Hess.

A homemaker, she was a member of Hamilton Park United Church of Christ, the Millersville auxiliary of Lancaster General Hopsital and the Millersville Womens Club.

She was a volunteer with the LGH chaplain program.

Surviving besides her husband are a son, William Hess Beppler of Chesapeake, Va.; three grandsons; a stepdaughter, Phyllis, wife of Robert E. Sanders of Fort Wayne, Ind.; a stepson, G. William Jr. of Lancaster; three stepgrandchildren; two brothers, Robert G. Hess of Conestoga and F. Melvin Hess of Lancaster; and one sister, Evelyn M., wife of C. Russell Kauffman of Willow Street.

PARENTS

Franklin Buckwalter Hess

Helen Catherine Groff

SPOUSES

Robert Sharp Beppler

George William Frimd

CHILDREN

William Hess Beppler

Robert Sharp Beppler

Richard Franklin Beppler

SOURCES

• 1920 census, Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 1930 census, Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• 1940 census, Conestoga, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 8 January 1946
• Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 29 December 1994