James Eppelmann Obituary, Death – On December 18, 2022, James Allen Eppelmann, 56 years old, a resident of Columbia City, passed died unexpectedly at his residence due to natural causes. His passing occurred on a Sunday. It was discovered to everyone’s shock that he had passed away.
On March 6, 1966, Jim Eppelmann was born in the city of Defiance, which is located in the state of Ohio. His birthday is March 6. Nikolai and Carol (Kuhn) Eppelmann were his parents. He was named after both of them. After beginning his schooling in Continental, Ohio, he later moved to Columbia City, Ohio with his family, where he completed his formal education.
There, he continued his schooling at the Columbia City Joint High School right up until the year 1984, when he finally earned his diploma. After beginning his schooling in Continental, Ohio, he later moved to Columbia City, Ohio with his family, where he completed his formal education. Twenty years of his professional life were spent working at the Silgan Plastics location in Ligonier. He was a devoted fan of the Indiana Hoosiers basketball team as well as the Cleveland Browns football club, and he did not miss a single game of either team’s competition during the entirety of his life. In addition to that, he looked forward to going to all of the athletic competitions that were held at Columbia City High School on a regular basis.
Jim, his wife Penny, and their four children Christopher, David, Shane, and Jamie were all gone from this world as a result of a terrible car accident that occurred on October 14, 2002. Everyone in the family felt a profound sense of bereavement upon learning about Jim’s decision to leave. Carol, his mother, had already passed away before he did; she had died before he did. She was the sole surviving member of his family at that point in time. His two sons, James and Lucas Eppelmann, as well as his father and stepmother, Nikolai and Sharron Eppelmann of Defiance, Ohio; his siblings, Nikolai “Tom” (Dot) Eppelmann of Warsaw, Theresa (William) Fruit of Parker City, Michelle (Jon) Studebaker of Larwill; and several stepsiblings and adopted siblings; are among those who are still living.
James and Lucas Eppelmann were named after their grandfather James and Lucas Eppelmann are family names that were passed down from their grandfather.
On Thursday, December 29, at twelve o’clock in the afternoon, the funeral ceremony will be performed at the Smith & Sons Funeral Home in Columbia City. The service will be in memory of the deceased. The funeral and the burial are going to take place in Kimmell’s Sparta Cemetery, which is also the name of the cemetery. The funeral home will open its doors for visitation on Thursday at 10 a.m., and it will remain open until the start of the ceremony at 1 p.m.