Eddy County NM - OBIT:  Sylvia Pearl Deppe

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Submitted by:  Patti Pennington  patti_p_99@yahoo.com
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The following excerpts were taken from page 8 - The Artesia
(NM) Daily Press - October 7, 1999.

DEPPE
Sylvia Pearl Deppe, 97, of Weed, NM, died on October 5 at
Casa de Oro Care Center in Las Cruces, NM.  A funeral service
will be at the Weed gymnasium, Friday, October 8.  Interment
will be in Weed Cemetery.  She was born on August 5, 1902, in
Carlsbad, NM, to S.A. and Addie Watkins.  She married Ervin
(Erb) Deppe on July 14, 1920.  He preceded her in death on
June 22, 1958.  They moved to Weed around 1925 and she was
postmistress there for many years.  She is survived by four
generations of nieces and nephews, including great-niece Kay
Needham of Artesia.  She was preceded in death by brothers
Tommy, Ray, Lloyd, and Charles Watkins; sisters Hattie McKinney
and Florence Campbell.