Dr. Patty Pepper passed away at Mayo Clinic Health System in La Crosse on Feb. 13, 2014. The cause of death was respiratory failure and pneumonia. She was 80 years of age and partially debilitated due to a stroke.
Patty is survived by her husband, Dennis Pepper, of La Crescent, Minn.; two sons and a daughter in Ohio and Rochester, Minn.
Prior to her debilitating stroke, Patty traveled to many foreign countries, the last being Antarctica, Machu Picchu, the Galapagos Islands and the Amazon rain forest.
Dr. Pepper began her medical career as an osteopathic physician in McConnelsville, Ohio, and from there to Baker, Mont., in private practice and later to Wishek, N.D., and then to Cooperstown, N.D., from approximately 1988 to 1995. In 1996, Dr. Pepper was offered a staff position at Franciscan Skemp Clinic in La Crosse, and she retired a few years later.
Patty’s major calling in life was to help people, which she did, and she will be remembered for that by patients and friends alike.
A memorial service will be held in the spring.
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