OBIT: Emerson L. KNEPPER, 2002, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  KNEPPER
  
  Emerson L. Knepper, 87, Berlin, died May 5, 2002, at Somerset
  Hospital.  Born Aug. 27, 1914 in Stonycreek Township, son of Alvin R.
  and Susan (Meyers) Knepper.  Preceded in death by his parents;
  daughter, Linda Knepper Brant; brother, Meyers Knepper; and two
  sisters, Leora Saylor Walker and Gladys Darr.  Survived by his wife
  of 62 years, Hazel (Landis) Knepper; four sons, Ronald, married to
  the former Helen Ann Hillegass, Andover, Mass., David, Arlington,
  Va., Richard, married to the former Ann Smith, Keene, N.H., and
  Thomas, married to Mary Ann, Ligonier; 15 grandchildren; two
  great-grandchildren; a sister, Thelma, married to Chester Long,
  Friedens; and a son-in-law, James Brant, Friedens.  Member and deacon
  at the Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, Brotherton.  Past
  president and board member of Shanksville-Stonycreek High School.  He
  was a graduate of Somerset High School, class of 1932.  Friends will
  be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Berlin, and on Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m., the time of service,
  at the Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren, Brotherton.  Officiating
  will be Rev. Timothy E. Resh.  Interment, Brotherton Pike Cemetery.
  
  Daily American, May 7, 2002
  
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