OBIT: J. Morrison KNEPP, 1918, formerly of Huntingdon County, PA

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KNEPP

  J. Morrison Knepp died in Clarksburg, W.Va., on Sunday, Oct. 20, at 7 
a.m., from the effects of Spanish influenza and pneumonia.  Deceased 
was the son of Emory and Amanda Knepp, and was born at Tyrone, on July 
14, 1886.  He grew to manhood in Mount Union, where his parents have 
resided for a number of years.  He was a graduate of the Mount Union 
High school, and worked when quite young at bridge construction, having 
started in this line of occupation when the stone arch bridge was built 
over the Juniata river at that place.  He continued in this line of 
work until the time of his death, having been the superintendent of the 
Luton Bridge company.  He was an expert bridge builder, and has 
overseen the work of some of the largest and best bridges in the 
country.  He was married to Miss Martha Keesey, who was also ill with 
influenza, but was able to attend the funeral.  The body arrived in 
Mount Union on Tuesday, where short services were held at the home of 
his parents on Shirley street, with interment in the family plot in the 
Odd Fellos' cemetery.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Tuesday Morning, October 29, 1918