Allegheny County PA Archives-  Obituaries: Knepper, Maria M., Sep. 1919

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Taken from McDonald Pa Outlook 04 Sep 1919

Mrs. Maria MCNARY KNEPPER, aged 79 years, widow of the Rev. 
Charles KNEPPER, founder and for many years editor and publisher of the 
Carnegie Item, died at her home, 519 Wabash avenue, Carnegie, at 5:30 a.m. 
Sunday, August 31. She had resided for 48 years in Carnegie. She was born 
on the old CROUCH farm in Pigeon Creek district of Washington County, and 
was married to Mr. KNEPPER in 1866, at Mansfield, O. She took up her 
residences at Carnegie in 1872, the year the Item was founded. Mr. and Mrs. 
KNEPPER first met in Canonsburg, while Mr. KNEPPER was attending Jefferson 
college, and while his prospective bride was visiting her grandparents, 
Samuel and Maria (MCNARY) MARTAIN, and attending a private school there.
 
Mrs. KNEPPER was an estimable Christian woman. She was a member 
of the First Presbyterian Church of Carnegie. She leaves a son and three 
daughters: John B., publisher of the Carnegie Signal-Item; Esther M., 
Lillian and Rose B. KNEPPER, all of Carnegie. four grandsons and three 
granddaughters also survive. A sister, Miss Ella B. CROUCH, resides at 
Mansfield, O. Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at 2 
o'clock by the Rev. Dr. J. M. DUFF, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church 
of Carnegie. Interment was in Chartiers cemetery.