Fred I. Hepperle Biography


	This biography appears on pages 1813-1814 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FRED I. HEPPERLE, the popular mayor of Eureka, McPherson county, 
and junior member of the well-known mercantile firm of Stoller & 
Hepperle, was born near Odessa, Russia, on the 2d of February, 1863, and 
comes of staunch German lineage. He is a son of John Hepperle, who was 
likewise born in Russia, to which country his father removed with his 
parents from Germany when a lad of ten years, this being in 1817. The 
father of the subject became a successful farmer in Russia and there 
passed his entire life, his death occurring in 1902. Fred Hepperle was 
reared and educated in his native land, where he remained until 1885, 
when he came to America, landing in New York and thence coming west to 
Nebraska, where he spent one year, at the expiration of which, in 1886, 
he came to South Dakota. He located in Campbell county, where he was 
identified with agricultural pursuits until 1888, when he took up his 
residence in Eureka, where he has ever since maintained his home. He 
became an interested principal in the conducting of the Eureka Bazaar, 
disposing of his interests in the same in 1893 and purchasing C. J. 
Hazel's interest in the hardware establishment conducted under the title 
of Hazel & Stoller, and the new firm name became Stoller & Hepperle. 
They continued the hardware business unchanged until 1896, when they 
installed a stock of general merchandise, while in 1902 they opened a 
second store in the town, which is likewise devoted to a miscellaneous 
and select stock, the business controlled being of an extensive and 
representative sort. For further data in regard to the enterprises of 
this popular firm we refer the reader to the sketch of Hon. John 
Stoller, the senior member of the firm.

	In politics Mr. Hepperle gives an unqualified allegiance to the 
Republican party, and he is essentially loyal and public-spirited in his 
attitude, and takes a helpful interest in all that makes for the well-
being of the community. He served two terms as county treasurer and is 
at the present time giving a most admirable administration as mayor of 
Eureka.

	In August, 1893, Mr. Hepperle was united in marriage to Miss 
Matilda Weber, who was born in Austria, and who came with her parents to 
America when a child. Mr. and Mrs. Hepperle have three sons, namely: 
Bruno, Herbert and Carl.