Earnest E. Pearson Memorial (1880-1979)

Memorial. Earnest E. Pearson (1880-1979). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Ella M. KEPHART Pearson Memorial (1886-1981)

Memorial. Ella M. KEPHART Pearson (1886-1981). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Gravestone: Ella and Earnest Pearson

Ella and Earnest Pearson gravestone. Riverside Cemetery, Jackson, MN (Jul 1993?). Image courtesy of Vince Williams. To the right of the Pearson stone, one can just make out the gravestones for Alfred B. KEPHART, Jr. and George W. KEPHART, brothers of Ella, who both died in childhood.

George Earl and Clara (Rost) KEPHART

George Earl and Clara (Rost) KEPHART (Lakefield, MN: J. A. Bellinger, c. 1911). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Family Group Sheet for George Earl KEPHART (1888-1944)

Husband: George Earl KEPHART

Born: 15 Apr 1888
Place: Jackson, MN
Married: 20 Dec 1911
Place: Jackson Co., MN
Died: 23 Jan 1944
Place: Rochester, MN
Husband's Father: Alfred Brunson KEPHART
Husband's Mother: Mary Brown MEYERS

Wife: Clara Martha ROST

Born: 24 Jul 1886
Place: Jackson, MN
Died: 6 Jun 1972
Place: Lakefield, MN
Wife's Father: Hermann ROST
Wife’s Mother: Augusta NEUMANN

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Children

1. Alfred Richard KEPHART

Born: 27 Aug 1913
Place: Lakefield, MN
Spouse: Agnes HANSEN
Married: 12 Apr 1941
Died: 1 Jul 1993

2. Lorraine KEPHART

Born: 25 May 1916
Place: Lakefield, MN
Spouse: Joyce B. Evenson
Married: 16 Jun 1937
Died: 14 Jan 1973

Earl and Clara KEPHART's Children

Alfred and Lorraine KEPHART (c. 1916). Caption by photo: "Alfred, age 3, Lorraine, age 1." Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Earl and Clara KEPHART's Family

Earl and Clara KEPHART's Family (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Obituary: George Earl KEPHART (23 Jan 1944)

Obituary. Earl KEPHART (23 Jan 1944). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Earl Kephart, 55, Dies Monday At Rochester

Funeral Services Will Be Held Friday At Immanuel Church

Earl Kephart, 55 years old, died at St. Mary's hospital in Rochester on Monday morning, Jan. 23, following an operation on the previous Friday for tumor of the brain.

Mr. Kephart became ill of the prevailing flu epidemic on Nov. 20 and was confined to his bed about a week at that time. On Dec. 13 he was taken ill again and remained in bed at his home until Jan. 6, when he was removed to Immanuel hospital at Mankato, where he could have constant attention of nurses. As treatment did not respond favorably, he was removed to Rochester, where an operation was performed on Jan. 21, which disclosed a condition which surgeons believed could be cured by X-ray treatment. However, his resistance had been so lowered by his illness of flu that his death followed in a couple of days.

Funeral services will be held tomorrow, Friday, at the home at 1:30 and at the Immanuel Lutheran church at 2:00 p. m. Rev. A. E. Wenger in charge. Mayor C. H. Wendt requests that all business places close from 1:30 to 3:00 p. m. in honor of our fellow townsman.

Earl George Kephart was born in Middletown township April 15, 1888. He came to Lakefield with the family when about 15 years old and about 40 years ago began business with his brother, Ross C. Kephart, when they bought the James Rost implement business. In later years Earl Kephart gave most of his attention to conducting a machine shop while his brother continued the blacksmith business.

Mr. Kephart has been a consistent booster for Lakefield in season and out and was one of the leaders in working for every worthy project to put Lakefield in the front ranks of progressive villages in the state. For 14 years he was chief of the local Volunteer Fire department; he served as village trustee, also served as member of the board of education. About 18 months ago he was asked by Uncle Sam to take a position as teacher in the N. Y. A. school at Shakopee. When the school closed last fall he secured employment with the Brown-Bigelow company in Minneapolis, working on defense projects for which the company had a contract.

Mr. Kephart is survived by his wife and two children: Alfred of Glencoe, Minn., and Lorraine, Mrs. Joyce Evenson, of Fulda; three brothers, William and Ross of Lakefield and Levi of Redwood Falls; four sisters, Bertha, Mrs. H. E. Palmer of Minot, N. D., Lottie, Mrs. George Blakey, south of Jackson; Ella, Mrs. Ernie Pearson of Middletown township, and May, Mrs. Reinhold Rost.

Complete obituary in next week's Standard.

Obituary: Clara (Rost) KEPHART (6 Jun 1972)

Obituary. Clara (Rost) KEPHART. (6 Jun 1972). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Sentinel Area Deaths
Mrs. Clara Kephart

LAKEFIELD--Service for Clara M. Kephart, 86, of Lakefield will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lakefield. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call anytime at Rost Funeral Home. Mrs. Kephart died Tuesday morning at Lakefield Hospital.

She was born July 24, 1886 in Rost Township, Jackson County, and was married to Earl G. Kephart on Dec. 20, 1911 in Rost Township. Following their marriage they lived in Lakefield.

Survivors include one son, Alfred R. Kephart of Minneapolis; one daughter, Mrs. J. B. Evenson of Fulda; two grandchildren; one brother, Reinhold R. Rost of Lakefield.

Descendants of George Earl KEPHART (1888-1944)

Descendants of George Earl KEPHART (1888-1944).