2010-10-21
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Title
2010-10-21
Subject
Epp, Eva Belle
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2010-10-22
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b16#024 2010
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2010-10-21,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2116.
Text
Friday, October 22, 2010
Eva Belle Epp
Eva Belle James Epp,
81, of Augusta, died peacefully in her sleep early Thursday morning after a long illness.
She is survived by: her husband, Rodney D. Epp of Augusta; her son, Todd D. Epp of Harrisburg, S.D.; her sisters, Virgie Tufte and Sally Glidden of Los
Angeles, Calif., and Betty Beckley of Ainsworth, Neb.; grandchildren, Sarah Marie Epp and Matthew Zachariah David Epp of Harrisburg.
Belle, as she preferred to be called, was born Dec. 24,1928 in Tilden, Neb. Her parents were Micah D. James and Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth Bartee James, both Virginia natives who moved to Nebraska just after the turn of the 20th Century, where they farmed near Tilden. Belle's father died when she was only nine years old, leaving a large family for her mother to support during the depths of the Great Depression in dust bowl Nebraska.
Belle graduated from Tilden High School in 1945. One of her classmates was Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn. After high school, she was involved in a serious car accident and was presumed dead. She broke her pelvis and doctors told her she would never walk again. With the love and encouragement of her mother Sally, Belle was able to walk again, even though her pelvis healed with one side higher than the other. She prided herself on the fact that she could walk without a limp.
After jobs at banks in Tilden and Omaha, Nebraska and also at Western Electric in Omaha, she met Rodney D. Epp of Hampton, Neb. They wed May 25,1958 in Omaha. On Dec. 8,1958, Belle gave birth to Todd David, their only child.
In 1959, the couple moved to Yankton, S.D., where Rodney began his career with Kaneb Pipeline.
While in Yankton, Belle was a devoted mother, tutoring her son in English and writing. She attended nearly every one of Todd's baseball and basketball games, every swim meet and track meet Todd competed in across the Upper Midwest, and every band concert Todd played in.
She often carted a car load of swimmers or basketball players across Yankton or South Dakota to the next game, swim meet, or practice. She was also usually one of the moms who transported Todd and his classmates on field trips and provided snacks as a room mother.
Though a house wife most of her life, Belle had wide-ranging interests. She was active in a number of activities, including in Yankton the community concert series, serving as a Cub Scout den mother, and being vice president of the high school band parents association. She was also an avid bowler, a fixture on the Friday Morning Methodist Women's League. For a time she worked as an elementary school tutor in Yankton, a job she loved. While in Yankton, Belle and her family regularly attended the United
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2010-10-21
Subject
Epp, Eva Belle
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2010-10-22
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b16#024 2010
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2010-10-21,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 26, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2116.Text
Friday, October 22, 2010
Eva Belle Epp
Eva Belle James Epp,
81, of Augusta, died peacefully in her sleep early Thursday morning after a long illness.
She is survived by: her husband, Rodney D. Epp of Augusta; her son, Todd D. Epp of Harrisburg, S.D.; her sisters, Virgie Tufte and Sally Glidden of Los
Angeles, Calif., and Betty Beckley of Ainsworth, Neb.; grandchildren, Sarah Marie Epp and Matthew Zachariah David Epp of Harrisburg.
Belle, as she preferred to be called, was born Dec. 24,1928 in Tilden, Neb. Her parents were Micah D. James and Sarah "Sally" Elizabeth Bartee James, both Virginia natives who moved to Nebraska just after the turn of the 20th Century, where they farmed near Tilden. Belle's father died when she was only nine years old, leaving a large family for her mother to support during the depths of the Great Depression in dust bowl Nebraska.
Belle graduated from Tilden High School in 1945. One of her classmates was Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Richie Ashburn. After high school, she was involved in a serious car accident and was presumed dead. She broke her pelvis and doctors told her she would never walk again. With the love and encouragement of her mother Sally, Belle was able to walk again, even though her pelvis healed with one side higher than the other. She prided herself on the fact that she could walk without a limp.
After jobs at banks in Tilden and Omaha, Nebraska and also at Western Electric in Omaha, she met Rodney D. Epp of Hampton, Neb. They wed May 25,1958 in Omaha. On Dec. 8,1958, Belle gave birth to Todd David, their only child.
In 1959, the couple moved to Yankton, S.D., where Rodney began his career with Kaneb Pipeline.
While in Yankton, Belle was a devoted mother, tutoring her son in English and writing. She attended nearly every one of Todd's baseball and basketball games, every swim meet and track meet Todd competed in across the Upper Midwest, and every band concert Todd played in.
She often carted a car load of swimmers or basketball players across Yankton or South Dakota to the next game, swim meet, or practice. She was also usually one of the moms who transported Todd and his classmates on field trips and provided snacks as a room mother.
Though a house wife most of her life, Belle had wide-ranging interests. She was active in a number of activities, including in Yankton the community concert series, serving as a Cub Scout den mother, and being vice president of the high school band parents association. She was also an avid bowler, a fixture on the Friday Morning Methodist Women's League. For a time she worked as an elementary school tutor in Yankton, a job she loved. While in Yankton, Belle and her family regularly attended the United
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page