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Henry W.(Hank)Pepin was born in Durango,Colorado August 28, 1919, and died in Albuquerque, N.M. May 9,2001, after an eight year battle with Parkinsons. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Margaret Bedford Pepin; two daughters, Dr. Madeleine Pepin Keys and Jeanine Peterson; three grandchildren, W. D. Keys, Lara Keys Barrett, and Becca Peterson Moran; six great-grandchildren, Haley Keys, Cassie Keys, Henry Keys, Shane Barrett, Brandon Moran, and Gavin Moran; one sister, Ellen Blackmore, and by many other family members and friends. He served in the Army four years during World War II. His chosen profession was Education, and he was a teacher or administrator in public schools in Colorado and N.M. for eleven years. During the next sixteen years he served as educational advisor to the military nuclear weapons school at Sandia Base, and to the world wide strategic communications command at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Significant honors that he received were election to Phi Delta Kappa, the honorary fraternity for Education; the Bronze Star for the Battle of the Bulge, and the Meritorious Civilian Service Medal, one of the military's highest honors to civilians. After retirement, he volunteered for a time as the state coordinator of pre-retirement planning for the AARP, and served for several years on an endowment committee for Fort Lewis College. He was a home lover, and a devoted and conscientious husband, father and grandfather. He was a nature lover and a sportsman and he spent many happy hours fishing, hunting or playing golf with family and friends. Services will be held Monday, May 14, at 2:00 p.m. at Christ United Methodist Church, 6200 Gibson SE. A gathering will be held immediately following services in the Church parlor. On Tuesday, May 15 at 11:00 a.m. ,burial of cremains will be held at the Santa Fe National Cemetery, with Honor Guard. Arrangements by Direct Funeral Services, 2919 4th St. NW. Albuquerque. 505-343-8008.
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