OBIT: Mrs. Chester KNEPPER, 1915, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Knepper, Mrs. Chester

WOMAN KNOWN HERE DROWNS IN MID-OCEAN, Mrs. Chester Knepper, wife of Lieut. 
Knepper, a retired captain in the navy was swept overboard during a storm on the 
steamship Niagara on the evening of February 5th. Every effort was made to save 
her, but there was no sign of the unfortunate woman. Lieut. Knepper's mother 
lives in Somerset where the deceased has visited. The couple had been living in 
France for some time and were on their way to this country.

Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 18, 1915