OBIT: Ernest J. NEPPER, 1941, native of Blair County, PA

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  Ernest J. Nepper, formerly of Pittsburgh, but a resident of Hummel 
for the past three years, died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Sarah B. 
Brumbaugh, on Sunday, March 2, 1941. Death was caused by a stroke of 
apoplexy.
  A son of Charles and Hannah (McCarl) Nepper, he was born in Huston 
township, Blair county, on March 14, 1868. At the time of death he was 
aged 72 years, eleven months and eighteen days. He is survived by one 
daughter, Viola Nepper, of Wilkinsburg, and the following sisters and 
brother: Mrs. Sarah B. Brumbaugh, of Hummel; Mrs. Vene Isenberg, of 
Columbiana, Ohio; Mrs. Fannie Mosel, of Hollidaysburg; Mrs. Etta 
Lykens, of Newry, and Edward Nepper, of Carrollton, Ohio.
  Mr. Nepper was employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad company for 
forty-three years, having retired as a conductor three years ago. He 
was a member of The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and of the 
Evangelical and Reformed church.
  Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the 
home of Mrs. Sarah B. Brumbaugh at Hummel. The Rev. Charles Huyette and 
the Rev. Paul Rowland will officiate; interment will be made in the 
Methodist cemetery at Hummel by Huff's funeral service.

Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., March 3, 1941, page 6