OBIT: Albert KOEPPE, 1914, Meyersdale, Somerset County, PA

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Koeppe, Albert

THREE PROMINENT PEOPLE ARE CALLED BY DEATH - The Grim Reaper Has Been Unusually 
Active in Meyersdale the Past Week - Those Who were Called Were Well and 
Favorably Known. Albert Koeppe of Lincoln Avenue died on Monday evening. He was 
born in Berlin, Germany, Apr. 25, 1850. He was twice married, first to Annie 
Wahl. His second wife was Elizabeth Ackerman, to whom he was married January 2, 
1906. In August 1907, he moved to Jersey Shore, Pa., where he engaged in the 
hotel business, returning to Meyersdale in April 1913, where he had since lived 
a retired life. The funeral was held this morning. He is survived by his widow, 
two step-daughters, Mrs. A. H. Siehl, and Mrs. W. H. Eisler, and one brother, 
who is a prominent physician and surgeon in Berlin, Germany. During the Franco-
Prussian War Albert Koeppe was a second lieutenant, but deserted the army 
because he had hit a superior officer with a saber and came to America. Mr. 
Koeppe belonged to a noted German family and was a man on more than average 
ability.

Meyersdale Commercial, Feb. 26, 1914

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OMMISSION - In the obituary of Albert Koeppe last week, we failed to mention the 
name of his son, Harvey Koeppe, who resides at No. 117 Singer Street, Johnstown. 
The omission is due to the fact that nothing was mentioned about the son when we 
secured our data for the obituary. Mr. Koeppe said that he was at Cumberland at 
the time of his father's death and had not been appraised of the fact. He was in 
town on Saturday for a short time and returned on Monday.

Meyersdale Commercial, Mar. 5, 1914