The Peffley, Peffly, Pefley Families in America, A historical and genealogical record of the Peffley, Peffly and Pefley families from 1729-1938; Published in 1938, By May Miller Frost and Clarence Earl Frost

Call Number: R929.2 P375

1353 - LEWIS ALFRED PEFLEY (son of No.1343) married:

1 - June 7th, 1916, Independence, Kan., GUSSIE MAY CARR, born Dec. 20th, 1899, Bartlesville, Okla. (dau. of WILLIAM ARTHUR and LULU (McCormic) CARR).
2 - May 31st, 1928, at Enid, Okla., VESTA VICTORIA HEISEL, born Apr. 1st, 1898, Corbin, Kan. (dau. of CHARLES EBENEZER and LAURA LUELLA (Snyder) HEISEL). Lewis is a dairyman. Address (as of 1938); Route 3, Enid, Okla.

Vesta V. PEFLEY

Posted by Brooke Mercedes on Fri, 10 Dec 1999

Surname: PEFLEY

VESTA V. PEFLEY

Vesta V. Pefley, 89, 1700 S. Monroe, died in a local nursing home Tuesday following a period of ill health. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Grace Mennonite Church with the Revs. Ted Kuschel and Wilfred Ulrich officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery directed by Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home.

Born in April 1898 in Corbin, Kan., she came to Enid in 1902 and had lived here since. She married Lewis A. Pefley May 31, 1928, and he preceded her in death in 1969. She received her teacher's degree from Emporia, Kan., and taught at Garfield and McKinley schools.

She was a member of Grace Mennonite Church.

Survivors include a stepson, Don of Sand Springs, and two stepgranchildren.

Memorials may be made tot he Grace Mennonite Church through the church or funeral home.

- Enid Daily Eagle (Enid, OK), November 10, 1987

Lewis A. PEFLEY

Posted by Brooke Mercedes on Fri, 10 Dec 1999

Surname: PEFLEY, HEISEL, CORDELL

LEWIS A. PEFLEY

Funeral services for Lewis A. Pefley, 76, 1700 S. Monroe, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Central United Methodist Church with Rev. Merle Pulver, Dr. R. G. Trent and Rev. Fred L. Johnson officiating. Interment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Henninger-Allen Funeral Home.

Pefley died early Saturday morning in a local hospital following a brief illness.

He was a native of Kansas and came to Enid in 1928. He married the former Vesta Heisel in Enid on May 31, 1928. He was a carpenter but following his retirement had been employed at Vance AFB. He was a member of the Central United Methodist Church.

He is survived by his wife of the home; one son, Donald, Quartz Hill, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Everett Cordell, Coffeyville, Kan.; three brothers, Ova, Nedosha, Kan.; Ottie, Bartlesville; and Fred; Sparks, Nev.; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mrs. Eileen Rueb in May of 1968.

- Enid Daily Eagle (Enid, OK), Saturday, January 11, 1969

Issue:

1st marriage:

1 - RUBY EILEEN PEFLEY, b. 9-15-1919, Mound Valley, Kan.
2 - DONALD WILLIAM PEFLEY, b. 7-8-1924, Rochester, Minn.