Wanda Alleen Peffer

1961 - 2016

Wanda Alleen Peffer, 55, of Berryville, Virginia, died Monday, November 14, 2016 at her parent's home in Reliance, Virginia after a long battle with cancer.

Ms. Peffer was born February 22, 1961 in the Winchester Memorial Hospital, Winchester, Virginia, daughter of Robert Harris Peffer and Alleen Morehead Peffer.

She was a 1979 graduate of Clarke County High School; a 1985 graduate of Shepherd College, where she was a member of Phi Alpha Theta and received her Bachelor of Arts in History; and a 2011 graduate of Strayer University, where she received her MBA in Business.

During her working career she had worked as a curator with the National Museum of the United States, was a contracting specialist with the Defensive Mapping Agency and the Corp of Engineer's sited in Germany, and was a supervisor procurement analyst with the Federal Highway Administration.

She enjoyed traveling, sewing, reading, spending time with family and being a director of Vacation Bible School.

Surviving with her parents are a sister, Brenda Peffer Cox; nephew, John Wayne Cox; and grand nephews and nieces, Austin Cox, Dakota Cox, Molly Cox and Dallas Cox, all of Berryville, VA.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, November 21, 2016 at Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church, Berryville, with the Rev. Jeff Butcher, the Rev. Tim Teates and Pastor Linda Lowe officiating.

Burial will be private.

Pallbearers will be Brett Fuller, Dave Lightcap, Jamie Judy, Bernard Schultz, Chris Rathel and Jeff Heflin.

The family will receive friends from 6 ­ 8 p.m. Sunday evening at Enders & Shirley Funeral Home, Berryville.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105; John H. Enders Fire & Rescue Company, 9 S. Buckmarsh St., Berryville, VA 22611; or the Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675.

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched they must be felt with the heart." -Helen Keller

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