Margaret F. (Kern) Papsun, 93, of East Texas Road, Allentown, Lower Macungie Township, died May 17, 2019, at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Salisbury Township. She was the wife of the late John M. Papsun who died in 1995. Born in Oahu, Hawaii, she was a daughter of the late George Sr. and Mae (Teryua) Kern.

She was employed as a seamstress/machine operator by Schneider Manufacturing, Allentown, where she also was a fashion model

She attended St. John’s United Church of Christ, Fullerton.

She and her late husband were known as “Kid Pepper and Janie” country music band, later known as “The Neighbors” and finally “Town and Country Boys,” playing around the greater Lehigh Valley region and the Poconos.

She is survived by daughters, Linda D. and her husband, Terry Beidleman, of Max Meadows, Va., Francine J. and her husband, Eric Anewalt, of Allentown; sons, Gary W. and his wife, Mindy, of San Antonio, Fla., Darrell G., of Stroudsburg, Brian L. and his wife, Debbie, of Fleetwood; seven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; sisters, Evelyn, of Catasauqua, Lorraine, of Boston, Mass. and Connie, of Northampton; numerous nieces and nephews.

Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. May 22 in Egypt Cemetery, Main Street, Whitehall Township. Arrangements were made by the Schisler Funeral Home, Northampton.