OBIT: Clarence Leroy "Jake" KNEPPER, 1997, of interest in Somerset County, PA
    
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    CLARENCE KNEPPER
    
      Clarence Leroy "Jake" Knepper, 74, of Dublin, Va., died
  Wednesday, March 5, 1997, at Carilion Radford Community Hospital.
      Mr. Knepper was retired from the Fire Department of Hercules,
  Va., with 34 years of service.  He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of
  World War II.  He was also a member of Fairlawn Presbyterian Church,
  a member of the New River Sams Camping Club, a charter member of the
  Fairlawn Fire Department with 28 years of service, and a lifetime
  member of the VFW.
      Mr. Knepper was preceded in death by his first wife, Dorothy
  Nicewander Knepper, and by one brother, Walter Knepper.
      Survivors include his wife, Audrey B. Knepper of Dublin, Va.; two
  daughters and sons-in-law; Donna Kay and Doug Martin of Newport, Va.;
  and Barbara Sue and Early Duncan of Radford, Va.; one step-daughter
  and son-in-law, Vicky and Lee Wensel of Christiansburg. Va.; one
  sister and brother-in-law, Grace and Calvin Sipple of Meyersdale; one
  sister-in-law, Mrs. Regina Knepper of Richmond; two grandchildren:
  Perry D. and David D. Martin; and two step-grandchildren, Lauren and
  Seth Wensel.
      Funeral services were held March 7 at the Fairlawn Presbyterian
  Church, with Dr. William H. Jackson officiating.  Interment followed
  in Highland Memory Gardens in Dublin, where the members of the VFW
  Post #776 conducted military graveside rites.  In lieu of flowers,
  the family requests contributions be made to the Fairlawn
  Presbyterian Church, 6900 Pulaski Avenue, Radford VA 24141.
    
    New Republic, March 13, 1997
    
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