Obit:Avice E. Morgan, Pitman, Schuylkill County, PA

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Avice E. Morgan
 Published On: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 

PITMAN -- Avice E. Morgan, 83, of Pitman RR 1, died at 7:42 p.m. 
Monday, May 21, at Pottsville Hospital. She was a former resident of Schoolyard Square 
in Pine Grove and a patient at Tremont Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Tremont. 

Born in Pitman on March 26, 1918, she was a daughter of the late 
Harry and Viola (Morgan) Hepler. She attended Pine Park High School, Leck Kill. 

She was recognized as one of the top 20 Mary Kay sales consultants in the country. 
She and her husband, Paul, owned and operated Morgan Orchards in Pitman. 
During the 1940s, she had been an Army inspector at Parrish Steel, Reading, and 
later in the Ordinance Depot at Cressona. 

Her husband died July 22, 1998. 

She was a genealogist who wrote eight books on the Wagner, Morgan, Hepler and 
Mattern families. She helped organize the Hepler and Morgan reunions. She was a 
member of St. James Lutheran Church and its Lutheran Church Women, Pitman; 
Daughters of the American Revolution, Mahantongo Chapter, Pottsville; 
the Tri-Valley, Schuylkill County and Northumberland County historical societies; 
Mahantongo Valley, Tri-Valley and Herndon senior citizens groups; and the 
Mahantongo Valley Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. 

Also, she was the Eldred Township chairperson for the March of Dimes for a number 
of years. She received recognition from the Mahantongo Valley Fire Company for her 
outstanding service to the organization and the community. She planned and directed 
the annual fire company parade for many years. 

Surviving are two daughters, Shirlee J. Hebert of Rockville, Md., and Roxie A. Zak of 
Newton, N.J.; two sons, Ford F. Morgan of the Millersburg area and Scott C. Morgan 
of Valley View; her stepmother, Pauline (Hepler) Heim of Pitman RR 1; a sister, Pauline 
Harner of Boyertown; a brother, Alvin Hepler of Baltimore, Md.; two stepsisters, 
Edith Brokenshire of Shamokin and Karen Tietsworth of Pitman RR 1; a stepbrother, 
Ricky Hepler of Trevorton; 12 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. 

In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a foster mother, Jennie Masser; 
a sister, Hilda Nelson; a brother, Frank Hepler; and two stepbrothers, Robert and Carl Hepler.