Show J G IRD A pioneer in ili developing seed pio pi ducton and Alark markets ets he lie built 1 t laige business A keen iteen apoi tho those thoe e who knew joseph G pep pard sr either in a business or so cial capacity felt a sharp personal loss at the new a of his death he MIS a vivid active sort of man with a wide array of interests in which his enthusiasm never waned thru evenly three years of his life mr peppard took literally the ad vice of horace greely to go west I 1 oung mn anc m n his father was a frenchman who lived in new or eans a merchant of fine laces he moved to mich gan where he died he be night after president li 14 was assassinated mr air was a pioneer of the west in the development of seed pro bp the farmers he ile devel toped an extensive export business one of the chief ambitions of his eife ite was to further the progress of young men in h s business and al at though he kept a desk in the busi pees to the last his sons were the active forces in his large busin business esq he kept up his health by an en thus thusia lastic play of golf and was a member of the kansas city country cl ib of which he was a charter mem her in fact mr air peppard was mas at the cl ib for luncheon with frici Js tile day before his death he often recalled the early daa das s of kansas C ty where there were only dirt streets when I 1 e came there in ile always took an inter t in dramatics and when the craig rifles a social and mili tarp bation was formed he immediately became a member as his enthuse n arms and ammunition rival cd 3 his love of the drama funeral arrangements foi mr air peppard awaited the arrival of his youngest son charles P peppard from salt lake city where he is the representative of the J G peppard seed company kansas city star oct 5 1932 |