Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lepper, Eugene A. 1933
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Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 26 Jan 1933

Eugene Lepper, 55, of Battle Creek, died unexpectedly at his home there early
Thursday morning of a heart attack.  He had not been ill and had worked as usual
Wednesday.  Burial will be in Ionia, but funeral plans were still incomplete
Thursday afternoon.  Mr. Lepper was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alden Lepper and was
born in Ionia.  His boyhood home was on Johnson street.  He was a veteran of the
Spanish-American war.  He leaves his widow and 10 children, and three sisters,
Mrs. Dorothy McGee, of Battle Creek; Mrs. J. O. Tuckett, of Detroit, and Mrs.
Grace Wilson, of Ionia.

In the days immediately following the Spanish-American war Mr. Lepper was a
promising boxer in weight between 120 and 130 pounds, and with much ability.  He
made good progress in the professional game and was widely known throughout
Michigan as one of its leading ring exponents.  Probably no Ionia boxer ever
attain the prominence in the game that “Kid” Lepper did in his price, when he
gained a reputation for a fast, skillful fighter, and one over some of the best
in his class.

Following retirement from the boxing game, he followed his profession of a
barber in Ionia for many years until leaving here for Battle Creek.  About 25
years ago he attempted a comeback as a fighter, and was matched with Tommy
Dougherty at the Ionia armory.  Dougherty, a much younger man, and then at his
peak, ended the Ionian’s ring aspirations in the second round of the scheduled
10-round bout.

[Transcriber’s note:  There is a notation on the obituary card that he was
buried in Highland Park Cemetery.]


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