![]() Though the fish were new each year, their names were always the same, Orca, Shamu, Splash, Killer, and Russel.Įven after Peeler retired early to focus on making art, he was an active supporter of DePauw. Peeler was the trainer and showman of the “celebrated jumping fish of Putnam County,” which Peeler caught and trained to jump through hoops for their food. The Peelers reported making 10,000 pottery pieces a year. Working as a husband and wife team, Richard and Marj Peeler created primarily functional pottery, and additionally, other ceramic work, woodwork, gourd art, and fabric crafts. The Peeler’s home included their studio, Peeler Pottery. In 1952, they moved into the country, building their own home out of rammed earth from the soil on the site. He served as President of the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts, Director of the Indiana Artists-Craftsmen and the Indiana Potters Guild. Peeler was an author of numerous articles in Ceramics Monthly, appearing on the cover twice. The films examine ceramic history and techniques, Japanese influence on ceramics, and leading American and Japanese potters. While he taught many artistic mediums, Peeler’s influence stimulated the expansion of DePauw’s ceramic offerings.įrom 1965-68, Peeler produced eight educational films entitled the Ceramic Art Films Series for McGraw-Hill which were widely used for ceramic instruction. He spent the spring term of 1966 as a visiting lecturer at Kyoto City College of Fine Arts in Japan. After teaching art at his first alma mater, Arsenal Technical High School, Peeler became a respected professor at DePauw in 1958. After serving as a master sergeant during World War II, Peeler received his degree in art from DePauw University in 1949 and his graduate degree in education from Indiana University in 1951. Peeler met Marj, his life-long art companion, in their high school art class, marrying in 1948. ![]() Peeler dedicated his life to art and art education. Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary of Russell, Kansas, is in charge of the funeral service arrangements.One of Indiana’s best-known ceramicists, Richard E. Memorials may be given to the Russell Senior Center and sent in care of the mortuary. Thursday evening February 02, 2023, at the mortuary. on Thursday, February 02, 2023, at the mortuary. Burial will follow at the Russell City Cemetery in Russell. on Friday, February 03, 2023, at the Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary in Russell, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents 4 sisters Norma Ruark, Julia Manning, Alice Dennis and Zita Mallory 2 brothers Dale and Charles Mishler and 2 infant siblings.Ī celebration of Charlotte’s life will be held at 1:30 P.M. Peeler and husband Darren of Russell grandson Dylan Peeler of Wichita, Kansas, granddaughters Megan Peeler and Charlee Peeler both of Russell, Kansas sisters June Richardson of Haysville, Kansas, Barbara McNickle and husband Larry of rural Cherryvale, Kansas and brother Chester Mishler of Ashland, Kansas. Surviving family include her husband Gary of the home in Russell, daughter Angie R. Most of all she enjoyed spending time with her family and loved babysitting her 3 grandchildren. In addition to sewing, she loved crocheting, knitting, gardening and working in the yard and attending her very large family reunions in Cherryvale. She was a master seamstress, often making Angie’s clothes, dresses and formal gowns for her high school prom and winter dances. She was a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in El Dorado. This move gave her great joy, because it allowed her to see and take care of her grandchildren on a daily basis. Charlotte wanted to be close to her daughter and grandchildren so she and Gary moved to Russell, Kansas. In 2006, their daughter Angie and husband Darren Peeler moved to Russell, Kansas, to purchase Pohlman-Varner-Peeler Mortuary. In 1980, Charlotte went to work for the First Baptist Church Daycare in El Dorado, Kansas, working her way up to daycare supervisor before retiring in 2009. Gary went to work for the Kansas Department of Transportation and they made their home in Towanda, Kansas. She met, fell in love and was united in marriage to Gary Joe Merritt on November 29, 1970, at the First Baptist Church in Cherryvale, Kansas.įrom this union Charlotte and Gary were blessed with a daughter Angela. She graduated from Cherryvale High School in the class of 1957, and attended some college after high school. She was one of 12 children who were raised on the family farm in Cherryvale. Charlotte was born on February 14, 1939, in Cherryvale, Kansas, the daughter of Ola David and Edith C. Charlotte Edith Merritt, 83, of Russell, Kansas and longtime resident of Towanda, Kansas, died on Tuesday, January 31, 2023, at the Wheatland Nursing Home in Russell, Kansas.
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