Services for Jim will take place on Wednesday, January 8 at 10:30 A.M. at Our Savior Lutheran Church. He will be laid to rest at Rose Hill Memorial Gardens. A visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 7 from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. at Mitchell Family Funeral Home. Memorials may be directed to the family for later designation. For the full obituary or online condolences, please visit www.mitchellfh.com. Ph. 641-844-1234.

Those left to cherish his memory include his beloved wife of 54 years, Linda Pepper; his daughter Jamie Lynn Miller Pepper, of Louisville, KY; three grandchildren; siblings: Virgil Pepper and Marla Theis, both of Ames, and Julian Pepper, of Independence; and several other relatives.