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PEEPLES Our loving guardian angel, Harper Ellen Peeples returned home to her heavenly father, on June 15, 2004 at the age of 3. She was born September 25, 2000 in San Antonio to Jarred and Tina Peeples. Harper was a beautiful baby girl with curly blonde hair, was full of life and enjoyed spending time playing with her brothers. Harper is survived by her loving parents, Jarred and Tina Peeples; her two brothers, Dallas Joseph and Tegan Ellis Peeples; her paternal grandmother, Barbara Peeples of Concan, Texas; paternal grandfather, Wayne Peeples and wife Linda of Corpus Christi, Texas; her maternal grandparents, Joseph and Eleanor Marascio of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; her great grandparents, Bruce and Pauline Ellis; her aunts and uncles, Allison and Gene Karper, Joseph and Roberta Marascio, Robert and Kim Marascio and James and Kathy Marascio; her cousins, Dustin, Erica, Ryan, Justina, Joseph, Anthony, Teresa, Daniel, Peyton and A.J.; her godmother, Barbara Cunningham Sevick. Services Visitation for Harper will be held on Friday, June 18, 2004 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. The funeral liturgy will be celebrated on Friday, June 18, 2004 at 1:30 PM at St. Matthews Catholic Church. Serving as pallbearers will be her godfathers, Robert Marascio and James Marascio. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made on behalf of Harper to the trust account that has been set up for her brothers, Dallas and Teagan Peeples in care of American Express Financial Advisors; Ref: B451 5709 800 E. Sonterra Blvd, #250, San Antonio, TX 78258-4143. Checks should be made payable to: Jarred and Tina Peeples.Service arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Mission Park Funeral Chapels North. HARPER'S STORY On behalf of the Peeples' Family, we wanted to share Harper's story. The following was written by Tina and Jarred and read to us during mass. They wanted all of us to know their little girl the way they did. In 1995, Jarred and I were married and full of hope for the future. In 1998, we were blessed with a son and although he was a surprise, we were thrilled. We couldnt wait to have another child and less than 2 years later Harper Ellen arrived on September 25th, 2000. We werent sure what we would do with a girl, but from the beginning she had a commanding presence. Even though initially she couldnt talk, she let us know exactly what she wanted. She looked like her daddy and her Mimi, but she had her mommys attitude. She was strong and sassy from the very beginning. Dallas was her idol; they were like peanut butter and jelly. So while most little girls were playing with dolls, our baby girl loved her elephants, ponies and dinosaurs. She loved going to the zoo; she could name every animal there. And although she was a tomboy, she always looked like the prettiest little girlwith her dirty blonde curls bopping around, she always had her bow in her hair and her jewelry on while she baited a hook fishing with her daddy or helping mommy cook in the kitchen. Her blue eyes lit up when we went to Mimis house, she loved to swim in the river and throw rocks. She and Mimi has a special relationship, they understood each other in a way that most people couldnt understand. As Harper grew, she over came some huge obstacles. She had a strong will and never gave up. She went from not talking at all to speaking in full sentences within months. And once she started talking, she never stopped. The disorder that Harper had also affected her limbs, but she didnt let that stop her from attending dance class. She was the youngest one in the class and she learned her routine. When the curtain went up at her recital a few weeks ago, she lit up the stage. She loved to sing too, she walked around all day singing her songs from school. She would give you a show of songs whenever you asked and Harper usually never did anything the first time that you asked. She liked to make her own decisions and wasnt easily coerced into anything that she didnt want to do. There were a lot of 1-2-3s in our house. Ive told many of you this story but, since its so typically Harper, it bears repeating. Harper loved Krispy Kream donuts and always made us go there. One day, she wanted a donut before dinner and I said, no, Harper, no donuts before dinner! After I said that, Harper pointed her finger at me and said, You give me a donut right now or Ill kick your butt!! Thats one of the biggest things that we loved about her, her independent personality. But, she had a soft heart, if she thought that you were sad, she would run over and give you a big hug and kiss. He always took care of her DD even though she like to go first, she would let him get dressed 1st, bring him his toys and imitate everything that he did. She and Teagan are a lot alike so they didnt always see eye to eye, but she grew into a great big sister. She would tell me that she bring Teagan his toy! She couldnt wait to go on an airplane to Philadelphia to see Grandmom and Pop-Pop and go on the beach with her family. She wanted to sing her songs for them. There are so many little things that we could never convey and we wish that everyone knew her like we did, but God had other plans for our angel. We love her with everything that we have inside of us and always will. We never take our blessings for granted, we thank God every night for our babies, so I can only assume that Jesus needed Harpers help, he needed someone to help run the show in Heaven. Jarred and I will hold onto that, for a short while, the world was perfect for us, better than Camelotand for the rest of our lives, we will cherish the memory of a beautiful angel that we had in our hands for a short while but will be in our hearts forever. We love you, Harper Ellen! Every night when we would put Harper to bed, we would ask her, how much does mommy and daddy love you? And Harper would say, Up to the Sky, down to the bottom of the ocean, and around the world!

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Harper Ellen Peeples

September 25, 2000 - June 15, 2004