OBIT: Edward M. KNEPPER, 1946, Berlin RD, Somerset County, PA

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EDWARD M. KNEPPER

  Edward M. Knepper, one of the prominent and progressive farmers of Somerset 
County, died at his residence one-half mile north of Berlin, Sunday, Apr. 28, 
following a cerebral hemorrhage, after an illness of five years.
  He was born Jan. 22, 1873, a son of the late Lewis and Elizabeth Walker 
Knepper, and was a life-long resident of Brothersvalley Township.
  Mr. Knepper was greatly interested in education, attending the normal schools 
in Berlin and Meyersdale, and later teaching seven terms in Brothersvalley 
Township.  The writer of this obituary being one of his pupils.  He also served 
very efficently [sic] as secretary of the school board.
  He was an active member of the Church of the Brethren at Brotherton and served 
as director and vice president of the First National Bank of Berlin until the 
time of his death.
  Mr. Knepper is survived by his devoted wife, Mary Landis Knepper, and a son, 
John L. Knepper, Berlin R.D. 2, and one daughter, Mary Elizabeth, wife of Calvin 
Will, at home, and three grandchildren.
  Mr. and Mrs. Knepper shared their home with a number of orphan boys and girls 
who have grown to manhood and womanhood under their Christian guidance.  Funeral 
services were held at his late residence, Wednesday, May 1, at 2:30 p.m., with 
Rev. Roy S. Forney officiating.  Interment in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Berlin, 
under direction of Johnson & Son.

Meyersdale Republican, May 2, 1946