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Submitted: 11/30/22 • Approved: 12/8/22 • Last Updated: 12/11/22 • R1459980-G0-S3
US Navy
World War II
July 6, 1924 - September 1, 2022
*Obituary
Wasson Funeral Home
Siloam Springs, Arkansas
William (Bill) Fillmore Peabody, age 98, passed from this world into his Heavenly home on Thursday, September 01, 2022, in Siloam Spring, Arkansas. He was born on July 06, 1924, in Gentry, Arkansas to Benjamin H. Peabody and Ottie (Wright) Peabody. He attended and graduated from Gentry Public Schools and went on to serve as a Navy tail gunner on a PBY-5A Catalina Flying Boat until 1946. He married Mary Corinne Maple on March 13, 1952 and moved to Siloam Springs, where he enjoyed a career at PetMilk for 25 years, then retired from Waukesha. Bill enjoyed woodworking, playing in his band, traveling, and teaching Bible studies. He was a man with a heart of gold, a sharp wit and smile for everyone.
He is preceded in death by both parents, two sisters, Dorothy (Peabody) Hall, Maxine (Peabody) Woody, brothers-in-law Henry Hall, Burtice Woody, Charles Maple, Leon Boles; Sister-in-law Lavona (Johnson) Maple, Helen Eva (Maple) Boles, and nieces, Connie (Woody) Reed, Beverly (Maple) Reed and Sandra (Boles) Dunlap.
He is survived in death by nephews, Gary Maple (spouse, Nancy), Charles Boles (spouse, Joni), Ronald Boles (spouse, Linda), Jeff Boles (spouse, Tammy), Ben Woody (spouse, Twilla); niece, Dianna (Maple) Baptiste; great nieces, Pennie Easter (spouse, Bill), Kara Blakenship (spouse, Jaymi), Teresa Woody, Kayla Grey (spouse, Austin), Kimberly Galasso; great nephew Brian Woody (spouse, Nicole); with a host of extended family, church family and friends.
Visitation will be Friday, September 16, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., at Wasson Funeral Home, 441 W. Hwy. 412, Siloam Springs, AR. Funeral services will be Saturday, September 17, at 10:30 a.m., in the Wasson Chapel. Burial will follow at Oak Hill Cemetery, in Siloam Springs. To sign the online guestbook, please visit: www.wassonfuneralhome.com
Contributed on 11/30/22 by wfields55
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