Kepple

George R. Kepple, 78, of Sugarcreek Township, entered eternity on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025.

Born Jan. 27, 1947, the only child of Chancey A. and Frances E. (Rea) Kepple, his entire life was spent on Kittanning Hollow Farm, which has been in the Kepple family since 1908.

He was a graduate of East Brady High School, Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. He was also an honorably discharged veteran of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He worked in the Armstrong County District Attorney’s Office for over 40 years and in the private practice of law for 50 years. He served as the Armstrong County District Attorney from 1978 to 1998.

He was the owner-operator of Kittanning Hollow Farm, where he raised grass-fed beef cattle until his passing. Kittanning Hollow Farm is a Pennsylvania Century Farm and is permanently preserved under the Pennsylvania Farmland Preservation Act.

George was also a 2013 graduate of Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, having attended night school for eight years during semi-retirement.

Thereafter, he taught at the Penn West Academy for Ministry for 10 years, which was a function of the Penn West Conference of the United Church of Christ, training lay persons for pastoral service in struggling churches. He was an active member of St. Paul’s Community Church in Sugarcreek where he served as an elder.

He is survived by his wife, Marsha (Kudelka) Kepple, whom he married June 17, 1978; by a daughter, Krista (Eric) Ritzert, of Chicora; and a son, David A. (Jennifer) Kepple, of Murraysville. Also surviving are six grandchildren, Addison, Kendall and Taylor Ritzert, and Juliana, Christian and Luke Kepple.

George was preceded in death by his parents.

KEPPLE — Friends of George R. Kepple, who died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2025, will be received from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 29, at BUECHELE FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION SERVICES, 707 Kellys Way, East Brady.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30, at St. Paul’s Community Church, 2167 Route 268, Chicora, with the Rev. Frank Sapp officiating.

Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery will follow.

The Kepple family asks that memorials be made in George’s name to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 3000, Boone, NC, 28607, or the Make a Wish Foundation-Koppers Building, 436 Seventh Ave., 25th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1826.

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