Services were Friday, January 7, in St. James Catholic Church, Washington, with the Reverend Dennis Martin officiating. Burial was in the Richmond Cemetery.

Born July 25, 1913 in Richmond, she was the daughter of Henry and Clara (Escher) TeBockhorst. She attended Richmond School and graduated from Washington High School.

Modesta B. Pieper, age 86, of Washington died Monday, January 3, in United Presbyterian Home, Washington, following a lengthy illness.

Services were Friday, January 7, in St. James Catholic Church, Washington, with the Reverend Dennis Martin officiating. Burial was in the Richmond Cemetery.

Born July 25, 1913 in Richmond, she was the daughter of Henry and Clara (Escher) TeBockhorst. She attended Richmond School and graduated from Washington High School.

She married Ardell P. Pieper in Washington August 2, 1934.

A lifelong resident of Washington County, Mrs. Pieper was a homemaker and later worked as a cook at Washington County Hospital.

She was a member of St. James Catholic Church, Catholic Daughters, Women’s Order of Foresters, and volunteered in the Veterans Administration Hospital in Iowa City, with the American Red Cross and St. James School, Washington.

She enjoyed crossword puzzles, reading and playing cards.

Survivors include three sons, Keith Pieper of Napa, California, Joe Pieper of Fairfax, Virginia, and Michael Pieper of Red Bluff, California; two daughters, Connie Bauer of Washington and Kathy Whitman of San Mateo, California; sixteen grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; one sister, Rosemary Graham of Clinton; and two brothers, Firman TeBockhorst of Fairfield and Lyle TeBockhorst of Rock Island, Illinois.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband in 1982, three brothers, two sisters and one sister in infancy.

Jones & Eden Funeral Home, Washington, in charge of arrangements.