Mrs. Heppner

Lucile Heppner, mother of 4 daughters, 9 grandchildren, & 13 great grandchildren dies peacefully at 101 years Lucile Legge Heppner passed away peacefully at her home in Morningside of College Park in Indianapolis on November 23rd at the age of 101. Lucy, as her many friends called her, was born October 13, 1911 in Elgin, Illinois, graduated from Elgin High School in 1930 and married Elmore Arthur Heppner in 1935. They raised 4 beautiful daughters: Susan Heppner Wegl, Linda Heppner Claffey, Nancy Heppner Cotterill and Sally Heppner Mayhill in Round Lake, Illinois where Mr. Heppner launched and built a successful electronics business. She and her beloved husband, "Hep", celebrated 58 years of marriage before he went to the Lord in 1993. They were blessed with nine grandchildren: Laura Wegl Kitsos, Rebecca Claffey Polak, Ann Wegl Ciosek, Sarah Claffey Wierman, Chris Cotterill, Emily Mayhill Shoop, Jon Claffey, Tom Mayhill, and Ted Cotterill, and are survived by 12 great grandchildren with a 13th on the way, Lucile helped her husband build his manufacturing business from 1946 until it was sold in 1973 and also volunteered her time and resources throughout her life for v...[more]

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ous causes. She was one of the founders of the Round Lake Library, a muti-term elder of the Presbyterian Church where she taught Sunday school for 20 years and spent 16 years organizing groups and helping to raise funds for the PTA, Band Boosters and other school related organizations. She was an avid gardener, antiques collector, cook, a devoted wife to her husband, and loving mother to her daughters all of her life. "Life was a festival of the seasons on our hilltop in northern Illinois and my mother knew better than anyone how to live within each day and make it a masterpiece. Her presentation was flawless and her joy in sharing was evident in everything she did", her youngest daughter, Sally, once wrote as a Mother's Day tribute. "Mom instilled love of beauty....not to mention that she taught us all how to have a happy home. That was the most important gift which we learned by her example," said her daughter, Nancy, in a letter to her mother. "Her children will arise and call her blessed" (Proverbs 31:28), daughter Linda would write in notes. "Nothing could be more true in our relationship with our mother," she concludes. Services will be held on Tuesday at 2:30 at Orchard Park Presbyterian Church with calling from 12:30-2:30 at the church. Burial will follow the ceremony at Oaklawn Memorial Garden next to her beloved husband. In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to Orchard Park Presbyterian Church. Leppert Mortuary, Nora Chapel is in charge of the funeral arrangements and you can go to their website at www.leppertmortuary.com for more information and where you can light a special candle or post a heart of condolence.