PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Frank E. Ponder, 68, of Perryville died Friday, May 30, 2003, at his home.
He was born May 24, 1935, at St. Louis, son of Frank and Edna Peppers Ponder. He and Cecelia Y. Silebi were married May 16, 1994. He was an U.S. Air Force veteran and was employed making neon signs. He was a member of the IBEW Union Local No. 1 in St. Louis.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Robert and James Ponder of Perryville and Frank E. Ponder III of Barnhart, Mo.; one sister, Rosalie Heidenreich of Huntington Beach, Calif.; and five grandchildren.
Funeral and burial services were private and arranged by Miller Family Funeral Home in Perryville.
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