OBIT: Norman E. KNEPPER, 1930, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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NORMAN E. KNEPPER

Sudden Death of Norman E. Knepper
Prominent Retired Businessman of Somerset Succumbs to Heart Disease

  Norman E. Knepper, aged 68, a prominent retired merchant and a member of the 
Board of Directors of the Farmers' National Bank, of Somerset, died suddenly 
this (Thursday) morning at 6 o'clock at his home on South Center Avenue, 
Somerset, following a heart attack.  Mr. Knepper had been suffering from a cold 
for the last two weeks, but had been able to be about.  He was taken suddenly 
ill at 5 o'clock this morning and passed away an hour later.
  Norman Knepper was engaged in the merchantile business in Somerset for 26 
years before his retirement in 1907.  He embarked in business with Edward Ferner 
in 1888.  Following Mr. Ferner's death, Isaiah Good became a member of the firm, 
which was known as Knepper & Good.  In 1907 the partners disposed of their 
business to Baughman & Ludwig and the latter owners sold their business in 1910 
to the Shoemaker Brothers, who have since conducted the establishment.
  After leaving the mercantile field Mr. Knepper was a stockholder in a number 
of coal companies in Somerset County.  Later he embarked in the coal business 
with Isaiah Good and some time ago Mr. Knepper and Mr. Good leased lands which 
were developed by the Consolidation Coal Company.
  When the Farmers' National Bank was started in 1901, Mr. Knepper became a 
director and had since served in that capacity.
  He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry F. Knepper, both deceased, and was born in 
Somerset County.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Emma (Weimer) Knepper, and three 
children, Mrs. Elizabeth Ross, of Somerset; Henry Knepper, of Cleveland, O., and 
Norman Knepper, Jr., at home.
  Mr. Knepper was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.  The body has been 
prepared for burial by Undertaker Charles R. Hauger.  No arrangements have been 
made for the funeral.
  Mr. Knepper's sudden death was similar to that of his lifelong friend and 
former business associate, Isaiah Good, less than a year ago.

Meyersdale Republican, September 18, 1930