Robert Sharp Beppler (1947-1982)

Robert Sharp Beppler was born on 20 May 1947 in Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He died on 28 August 1982 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania from a heart attack. He married Annette K. Boas on 6 June 1970. He married Brenda J. Bowers on 20 March 1976.

Sunday News, 21 Mar 1976

Lancaster New Era, 10 June 1970

Intelligencer Journal, 30 August 1982

Robert S. Beppler, 35, of 2009 Temple Ave., was found dead in his apartment Saturday at 10:30 a.m. An autopsy determined that Beppler suffered from heart disease, but the investigation is continuing, according to Dr. Whitlaw Show, Lancaster County coroner.

Born in Lancaster, Beppler was the son of Catherine Hess Frimd and the late Robert S. Beppler Sr.

He was a member of the First Reformed Church, United Church of Christ. He was a 1965 graduate of Penn Manor High School and attended Stevens State School of Technology. He was most recently enrolled as a part-time student at Millersville State College.

Beppler was a tile technician at Armstrong World Industries Inc. He served in the U.S. Army as a sergeant in the Signal Corps. He served in Vietnam for 13 months.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by a brother, William H. Beppler, Norfold, Va. Other survivors include a step-father, G. William Frimd, Lancaster; a step-sister, Phyllis, wife of Robert Sanders, Fort Wayne, Ind.; and a step-brother, G. William Frimd Jr., Lancaster.

PARENTS

Robert Sharp Beppler

Catherine Elizabeth Hess

SPOUSES

Annette K. Boas

Brenda J. Bowers

SOURCES

• Sunday News (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 21 March 1976
• Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 30 August 1982
• Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) 10 June 1970