Joyce Durnin Peffer

Joyce Durnin Peffer, age 82, died on Thursday, June 13, 2013 at home. She was the daughter of John W and Olive Paxton Durnin. She graduated from Carlisle High School. She was the widow of John L Peffer and was a homemaker. She was a devout Christian and was a member of Mohler's Meetinghouse, Mechanicsburg.
Left to honor and remember her life are her children Scott Peffer, Carolyn (Michael) Mitchell of Knoxville, TN, Marjorie (Gerald) Jones, Diane (Steven) Beeman, Rebecca(Robert) Lichtenberger of Shippensburg, David (Bonnie) Peffer, Kristen (Robert) Taylor of Dillsburg, Laura (Trent) Robinson of Rockledge, FL., 25 grandchildren, and 32 great-grandchildren, 2 step-great and 3 step-great-great-grandchildren, her brother John L (Grace) Durnin, sister-in-law Doris Durnin, nieces and nephew Debby Neal, Steven Durnin, and Janis Durnin, stepbrother Wayne Finkenbinder and stepsister Mary Jane Karlson with many step-nieces and nephews, also survived by brothers-in-law F Glenn (Shirley) Peffer, Roy Peffer, and sisters-in-law Mary (Ralph)Paulus , and Florence (Dave) Musgrove and 17 nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband John L Peffer, brother James Durnin, step brothers and sisters Alma Barkley, Martha Nornhold, Paul, Ralph, George, and Betty Finkenbinder and one great-grandchild Jaxon Jones.
Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, June 17, 2013 at the Brethren in Christ Church, 1155 Walnut Bottom Road, Carlisle with Bro. Robert Lichtenberger and Bro. Lynn H Miller co-officiating. Burial will be in Mohler's Church Cemetery, Mechanicsburg. A viewing will be held from 5:00-8:00 p.m., Sunday, June 16, 2013 at Hoffman-Roth Funeral Home & Crematory, Inc., 219 North Hanover Street, Carlisle and on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of the service at the church.
Memorial contributions can be made to Water for Life, PO Box 456, Kalona, Iowa52247 or Bed & Bread Club www.bedandbreadclub.org.
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