Obituary of Lorne Weppler
Lorne passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019, in his 94th year, at Chartwell Elmira Long Term Care Residence. Beloved husband of Madeline Marie Weppler, the love of his life for 68 years. Loving father of Susan (Harold) Kenyon, Anne Weppler-Lowe, Margaret (Basil) Zafiriou, Roger Weppler and Richard Weppler. Grandpa to Laura (Jeremy) Holmes, Andrew Lowe, Stamatia Zafariou, John Zafariou, Arete Zafariou, Elizabeth Kenyon and Matthew Kenyon. Great-grandpa to Colton and Charlotte Holmes. Predeceased by his parents, Otto and Rose Weppler, sister Alice Sanders, brother-in-law Norm Sanders, daughter-in-law Marie ‘Ernie’ Weppler, and Winston Rampersad. Lorne was born in Neustadt, on April 9, 1925. He moved to Elmira with his family in 1929, where his father operated a 5-cent-to-a-dollar store. Lorne took over the Selrites store in 1960, after Otto’s passing. He resided in Elmira for most of his life, and married Marie in 1950. Lorne’s family will receive relatives and friends for visitation from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at Trinity United Church, 21 Arthur St. N., Elmira. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Many thanks to the staff at Chartwell for their care of Lorne over the last six years. As expressions of sympathy, donations can be made to St. Mary’s Hospital Foundation (Cardiac Care Unit). Arrangements entrusted to Dreisinger Funeral Home, Elmira.
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Nos plus sincères sympathies à la famille et aux amis de Lorne
William Harold
Weppler 1925 2019..
Décès pour la Ville: Elmira, Province: Ontario