Richard S. Pepper, from left, Sister Catherine M. Ryan, Roxelyn Pepper and Richard Devine are shown in this 2017 photo after the Peppers were honored by Maryville’s Center for Children with a Guardian Medallion Award. (COURTESY OF Maryville’s Center for Children)
Richard S. Pepper, the Barrington construction executive known for his love for the industry and many civic contributions, died Thursday.
Pepper, 90, was executive of The Pepper Companies. He died peacefully surrounded by his family at the Pepper Family Hospice Center in Barrington, the company stated.
Pepper and his wife Roxelyn, known as Roxy, are a Barrington institution.
They were major financial backers of the Barrington Historical Society and helped launch the Pepper Family Tree House at Citizens Park, among many other things.
They were honored in 2017 for supporting Maryville’s Center for Children. They were recognized in 2006 by the Illinois Humanities Council with a Studs Terkel Humanities Service Award. They both graduated from Northwestern University and were the first couple to be awarded the university’s Medal of Honor in 2001.
The Pepper Companies owns Pepper Construction Group, headquartered in Chicago and with offices in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin. The company was formed in 1927 by Richard Pepper’s father, Stanley Pepper.
Read on here, or read the tribute published by Davenport Family Funeral Home here.
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