Bobbie Lea Carpenter

Funeral services will be held at 3pm on December 28th, 2025, at Runge. Visitation will be 1pm-3pm.

Bobbie was born on November 25th, 1973, in Iowa to Robert Carpenter and Lorraine Keller. She attended Bettendorf High School, getting a GED through Job Corps in Denison, Iowa. She married Todd Taylor in 1994, and later married John Pershall in 1997. She was a homemaker who did many jobs through the years.

She loved going to hang out with friends, spending time with the people she loved.

Those left to cherish Bobbie's memory are partner David Wood, Lea (Thomas) Larrison and their children Persephone and Morrigan, Andrea Pershall (Frank), and Melody Brooke and her children Aubriella and Zoey Chamberlin. Best friend Brandon Jewell. Bobbie was the youngest sister of 10. Ronda (Harry) Dunfee, Misty (Brian) Arensdorf, Renda Leslie, Rich (Beth) Keller, Jeffery Keller, Kurt (Sally) Keller, and Debra (Tommy) Otten.

Bobbie was preceded in death by her father Robert Carpenter, mother Lorraine Keller, and adopted brothers Raymond Carpenter and Billy Carpenter.