Ernest Reppert

Ernie 'Rep' Reppert, 81, of Belle Vernon, passed away Wednesday, December 28, 2011 peacefully in Mon Valley Hospital. A son of the late Paul C. and Mytle Zundel Reppert , he was born on November 29, 1930. Mr. Reppert was protestant by faith and served in the US Army during the Korean War from 1952 to 1954. He retired in 1986 from the Monessen Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Company where he had served as President of the United Steelworkers, local union 1229, for nine years. Ernie was an elected supervisor for Washington Township from 1984 to 1990 and was a member and current President of the Centerville Sportsmans Club. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Donna Melvin Reppert, one daughter, Diane Paris of Belle Vernon, three sons and two daughters-in-law, Dan and Renee Reppert of Belle Vernon, Kevin Reppert of McMurray and Todd and Laura Reppert of Belle Vernon, nine grandchildren, Curtis Reppert and his wife Kendra, Nikki Reppert, Megan and Neil Paris, Alysha and Janelle Reppert and Ty, Kylie and Kori Reppert, three great-grandchildren, Colton, Kaia and Aja Reppert, one brother, Frank Reppert of Belle Vernon, three sisters-in-law, Jerrie Reppert, Doris Reppert and Etta Melvin and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a son, Terry Reppert in 1976, three sisters, Betty Mutich, Joan Rach and Edna Grace Wilkinson and five brothers, Thurman, John, Howard, Charles and Donald. Friends will be received 7 to 9 P.M. Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 P.M. Friday in the Ferguson Funeral Home and Crematory, Inc., 700 Broad Avenue, Belle Vernon. (724-929-5300) www.FergusonFuneralHomeAndCrematory.com Funeral services will be in the funeral home Saturday at 12 P.M. with Rev. Dana Clay of the Christian Center Church officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery.