Patrick Nelson Eppler passed away on January 4, 2022, at the age of 90 years. He was born on a ranch in Mason County on October 14, 1931, to Walter Tipton and Mollie Kinsey Eppler. Pat had three children and is survived by son Kurt and wife Camilla Eppler; and daughter Karla Eppler, from his first wife Earlene Moore, of Mason.