Obituary: Clara Elizabeth (Vilmo) KEPHART (16 Feb 1964)

Obituary. Clara Elizabeth (Vilmo) KEPHART (16 Feb 1964). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.



Kephart Rites Set Wednesday At Lakefield

LAKEFIELD -- Funeral services for Mrs. Rose [sic, Ross] C. Kephart, 75, Lakefield, have been set for Wednesday.

The family service will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Rost funeral home and the public service will be at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist church in Lakefield.

The Rev. Russell Hubbard will officiate and burial will be in the Riverside cemetery at Jackson.

Mrs. Kephart died in her sleep early Sunday morning at her home. She had suffered heart condition but death was unexpected.

Mrs. Kephart was the former Clara Vilmo and was born Feb. 4, 1889, at Manistee, Mich. On July 7, 1909, she married Ross C. Kephart of Lakefield. Mr. Kephart was a blacksmith for many years.

She is survived by her husband, two daughters, and one son. They are Mrs. Lester Norgrant of Spirit Lake; Mrs. Harm Ihnen, of Seal Beach, Calif. and Seth of Aitkin, Minn.

Also surviving are two brothers, Edward and William Vilmo of Ada; two sisters, Mrs. Lillie Thies of Ada and Mrs. Lucy Griewe of Boyes Hot Springs, Calif.; eight grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, and two great great grandchildren.

George Earl and Clara (Rost) KEPHART

George Earl and Clara (Rost) KEPHART (Lakefield, MN: J. A. Bellinger, c. 1911). 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: 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.