OBIT: Eleanor (CRITCHFIELD) KNEPPER, 1943, native of Somerset County, PA

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ELEANOR CRITCHFIELD KNEPPER

  Mrs. Eleanor Critchfield Knepper died at the home of her son-in-law and 
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Johnson, Berlin, at 1 a.m. Monday, October 
25th.  She was sick for a long time and was confined to her bed the last 16 
weeks.
  Mrs. Knepper was the daughter of Jacob and Mary Dull Critchfield, of Milford 
Township, and was born March 22, 1871.  She was a person of unusual intelligence 
and charming personality.  She taught school in Somerset County for six years 
before her marriage.
  Mr. and Mrs. Knepper's life was one of unusual happiness.  Two daughters were 
born to them - Blanche, wife of Clarence Reiman, and Elizabeth, wife of Walter 
Johnson.  Seven grandchildren also survive.
  Mrs. Knepper was a member of the Brotherton Church of the Brethren, and lived 
a fine christian life.  She was a charter member of the Second Society of Farm 
Women in which organization she took an active part.
  Funeral services were held at the Johnson Funeral Home Thursday at 3 p.m., 
with Rev. Roy S. Forney officiating, assisted by Rev. S. M. Whetstone of the 
Berlin Brethren Church.  Burial in the Odd Fellows Cemetery, Berlin.

Meyersdale Republican, October 28, 1943