Highland-Franklin County OhArchives Obituaries.....Keplinger., Virgil E. October 1979.
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From page 8 of the 3 October 1979 "Greenfield Daily Times" of Greenfield, Ohio.


				DEATHS
			Well-Known Inventor Is Claimed.
			    VIRGIL E. KEPLINGER


	Well-known inventor VIRGIL E. KEPLINGER, 67, of 358 South st, 
Greenfield, died 3:05 p.m. Tuesday at Mt. Carmel Hospital, Columbus, after a 
four-year illness.
	He was born Dec. 20, 1911, in Hillsboro, the son of LANDON and MARY 
SWEENEY KEPLINGER.
	Mr. Keplinger achieved success as an inventor, obtaining patents for 29 
of his creations.  He also worked as an insurance investigator with the field 
supervision division of the National Traveler's Life Insurance Co. of Des 
Moines, Iowa.
	An avid collector of Indian relics, Mr. Keplinger operated Indian Head 
Museum in part of his home.  He was listed in "Who's Who in Indian Relics" and 
a member of the Red Man Club.
	A veteran of the Ohio National Guard, he was a member of the 1,000,000 
Round Table, Highland County Democrats, Highland County Senior Citizens and 
First Presbyterian Church.
	His wife, IRIS M. KEPLINGER, died May 14, 1970.
	He is survived by one son, CHARLES WAYNE KEPLINGER, of Cincinnati; two 
daughters, IRIS MARIE KEPLINGER and TONITA JAN KEPLINGER, both of Greenfield; 
two grandchildren, ANITA CARLA KEPLINGER and ALESSANDRO CORRADO KEPLINGER; one 
sister, Mrs. ETHEL DONNELLS of Greenfield; one brother, HAROLD KEPLINGER of 
Greenfield; and several nieces and nephews.
	A son, V. DEAN KEPLINGER, died Feb. 12, 1968.
	Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Murray's Funeral Home, Greenfield, 
with Rev. John Robison officiating and burial in Greenfield Cemetery.
	Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Friday.


Additional Comments:
        Virgil Keplinger's wife, Iris M. Keplinger was the daughter of IRA 
STORTS and PROVY MYRTLE (COKONOUGHER) STORTS.

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