Frank Piepenbring Jr.

June 24, 1917 - October 14, 2009 Frank Piepenbring Jr., 92, passed away on October 14, 2009, at the KC Hospice House. Services will be held at the D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel Monday, October 19, 2009, at 2 p.m., with visitation one hour prior. Burial to follow at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Frank was born in KC, Mo., on June 24, 1917, to Frank and Sylvia Piepenbring. He was raised in KC. Mo., and attended the Linwood Presbyterian Church. He worked for the Folgers Coffee Co. and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on December 8, 1941. In WWII, he was a bombardier and an intelligence officer and remained in the Air Force Reserve and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1977. In 1944, he married Louana Etchison of Flora, Ill., and they had three children. In 1954, Louana died, and in 1955, he married Inez Murray of Enid, Okla. While in Enid he managed the Davis Paint Store and joined the Enid Lions Club and other civic organizations. In 1962 he was transferred to KC and moved his family to Overland Park, Kan. That same year, he joined the Overland Park Host Lions Club. Frank was the originator of the Lions Club Metcalf Avenue of Flags. He was a member of the Lions Club for 61 years and held the office of club president, Kansas District governor, past president of the Kansas Sight Foundation, and was awarded the Melvin Jones Fellow International Lions Award. He was also a member of Enid Chamber of Commerce, Enid Retail Merchants Association, Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, DeMolay, Abdullah Shrine Temple, and the Lenexa Masonic Lodge. He was a former president of the Nall Hills Home Owners Association, and an American Legion Life Member. He was preceded in death by his wife, Inez. He is survived by his daughter Diane Anderson of Bentonville, Ark., sons Jack and his wife Barbara of Maryville, Tenn., and son Jim Piepenbring and his wife Nancy of Prairie Village, Kan.; grandchildren: Debbie Riggs, Mindy Daeschner, Erich Piepenbring, Rebecca Anderson, Amy Piepenbring, Sara Salge, and Anna Piepenbring; great grandchildren: Matt Lovelady, Marisa and Garrett Riggs, Jillian Harte and Zach Dawson. In lieu of flowers, send donations in Frank's memory to: Kansas Sight Foundation c/o Bert Gordon, Treasurer, 14100 W. 90th Terrace, Apt. 301, Lenexa, KS 66215. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.dwnewcomers.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, at 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)