VICTOR E. MARPLE - Spencer

(02/10/2002)
Victor E. Marple, 90, of Spencer died February 8, 2002, at the Charleston Area Medical Center's General Division, Charleston, W.Va.

He was born Aug. 9, 1911, in Upshur County, a son of the late Heaston and Jessie Post Marple. He was a farmer and cattleman, retired from the Spencer State Hospital and was a graduate of Spencer High School.

He is survived by three daughters, Freda F. Anderson of Reedy, Jessie J. Whited of Parkersburg and Margaret E. Courtney of Palestine; two sons, Victor E. Marple Jr. of Spencer and Allen Marple of Ripley; one sister, Sylvia Riger of Massillon, Ohio; two brothers, Denzil Marple of Lakeland, Fla., and Ray Marple of Canal Fulton, Ohio; 16 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Lucy Taylor Marple; and two sisters, Rella Davis and Edna Epling.

Services will be held 2 p.m. Monday at Taylor-Vandale Funeral Home, Spencer, the Rev. James Anderson officiating. Burial in Hodam Cemetery. Visitation is from 6-9 p.m. today at the funeral home.