OBIT: Hilda G. (THOMAS) SLEPPY KNEPP, 1999, Boswell, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SLEPPY-KNEPP Hilda G. (Thomas) Sleppy-Knepp, 82, of Main Street, Boswell, formerly of Clearfield, died May 23, 1999, at home. Born Feb. 26, 1917, in Hollsopple, daughter of Amos and Fannie (Blough) Thomas. Preceded in death by parents; first husband Wilbur Sleppy; second husband, Kenneth "Squire" Knepp; and an infant son; brother Richard Thomas; and stepmother, Cora (Naugle) Thomas. Survived by these children: Wava (Sleppy), married to Donald Ream, Boswell RD; and Kenneth A. Sleppy, married to the former Betty Lou Stout, of Hunker, Pa.; grandchildren: Donna (Ream) Will, Gary Lynn Sleppy, Pam (Sleppy) Kolonich, Tammy (Sleppy) Smith and Doug Sleppy. Also five great-grandchildren. Sister of Orange Thomas of Jerome, Margaret Howarth of Baltimore, Md., Viola Page, Hollsopple, Madeline Cadillac of Jerome, and Melvin Dean Thomas of Johnstown. Member of Hopewell United Methodist Church. Retired nurse's aide. Friends received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m., Monday at Hoffman Funeral Home, Main Street, Boswell, where service will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday with Larry C. Hoover, Pastoral Leader, officiating. Interment Bradford Cemetery, Clearfield County at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. Daily American, May 24, 1999 [S1924]