Lottie KEPHART and George Edward Blakey

George Blakey and Lottie KEPHART Blakey (21 Nov 1894). A. C. Roberts, Jackson, Minn. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

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Wilthorn "William" KEPHART Memorial (1873-1961)

Memorial. "Wilthorn" William KEPHART (3 Sep 1961). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Family Group Sheet for Levi Naugle KEPHART (1876-1968)

Husband: Levi Naugle KEPHART

Born: 10 Jun 1876
Place: Dubuque Co., IA
Married: 16 Nov 1904
Place: Spirit Lake, IA
Died: 13 Jul 1968
Place: Redwood Falls, MN
Buried: Lamberton, MN
Husband's Father: Alfred Brunson KEPHART
Husband's Mother: Mary Brown MEYERS

Wife: Carrie M. Brown

Born: 21 May 1884
Place: Unknown
Died: 21 May 1964
Place: Redwood Falls, MN
Buried: Lamberton, MN
Wife's Father: William Nicholas BROWN
Wife’s Mother: Myra Jane HAYDEN

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Children

1. Ruth Mae KEPHART

Born: 6 Dec 1905
Place: Jackson, MN
Spouse: Eugene BIGOT
Married: 6 Nov 1942
Died: 26 Dec 2002

2. Fern KEPHART

Born: 18 Dec 1910
Place: Revere, MN
Spouse: George FREEMAN
Married: 15 Jun 1933
Died: 26 Oct 1979

3. Maynard KEPHART

Born: 9 Jun 1919
Place: Revere, MN
Spouse: Agnes MUSIL
Married: 25 Jan 1947
Died: 9 May 1982

Carrie M. Brown KEPHART Memorial (1884-1964)

Memorial. Carrie M. KEPHART. Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Obituary: Levi N. KEPHART (13 Jul 1968)

Obituary. Levi N. Kephart (13 Jul 1968). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Kephart Funeral Held in Lamberton

Funeral services were held July 15 at United Methodist Church of Lamberton for Levi N. Kephart, 92, of Sanborn, who died July 13 at the Redwood Falls hospital. The Rev. Fred Shandorf officiated.

Interment was in the Lamberton cemetery with Kluegel Funeral Home of Lamberton in charge.

Mr. Kephart was born June 10, 1876, in Dubuque, Ia., the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Kephart. He moved with his parents to the Lakefield area. He married Carrie Brown in Spirit Lake on Nov. 16, 1904. They farmed north of Lakefield before moving to a farm north of Revere. In 1926 they moved to a farm near Redwood Falls and in 1943 retired and moved to Sanborn.

Survivors include one son, Maynard of St. Paul; two daughters, Mrs. Eugene (Ruth) Bigot of Springfield and Mrs. George (Fern) Freeman of Walnut Grove; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and two sisters, Mrs. Reinhart Rost of Lakefield and Mrs. Ern Pearson of Jackson.

He was preceded in death by his wife, three infant sons and 10 brothers and sisters.

Descendants of Levi Naugle KEPHART (1876-1968)

Descendants of Levi Naugle KEPHART (1876-1968).

Della and Lottie KEPHART

Della and Lottie KEPHART (Date unknown). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Roscoe and Della KEPHART Brown

Roscoe and Della KEPHART Brown (c. 1898). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Obituary: Della KEPHART Brown (1878-1899)

Obituary. Mabel Della KEPHART Brown (1878-1899). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.

Died:-In Middletown township, May 17th, 1899, Della Brown, wife of Roscoe W. Brown, age 20 years, 6 months and 26 days.

Della Kephart was born at Cottage Hill, Dubuque County, Iowa, Oct. 22, 1878. In 1883 she came with her parents to Jackson County. On June 29th, 1898, she was united in marriage with Roscoe W. Brown, of Dickenson county, Ia.

For a few months after their marriage they lived in Spirit Lake, Ia., last fall moving to Jackson county where they have since made their home. Two years previous to her marriage she was engaged in school work in Jackson county where she made many warm friends.

In her life Della was kind, loving, loveable and loved, making many friends wherever she went. She leaves a host of relatives and loving friends to mourn her untimely death. A year ago last winter she gave her heart to God and has since striven earnestly to live a Christian life.

She died happy, fully trusting in the merits of the blood of Jesus Christ, for she said a short time before she died, "I am going home to Jesus." The she said to her husband, "I am going to leave you, but am only going before to make a home for you on the other side of the river."

Then she named over all of her absent relatives and sent some loving message to each, then bidding all those present goodbye, her husband last, bidding him a very affectionate goodbye, she sang two verses of that beautiful hymn, "'Tis so Sweet to Trust in Jesus." She soon closed her eyes in that last sleep that has no waking.

Everything was done that loving hands and kind friends could do to keep her here, but it was all of no avail. Her work on earth was done and the Lord called her home to that better land where sorrow and pain are not known.

Funeral services were held Friday in the church in Middletown, by Rev. Abbott, after which the remains were laid at rest in the Jackson cemetery.

Della KEPHART Brown Memorial (1878-1899)

Memorial. Della KEPHART Brown (1878-1899). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.


Memorial (Reverse). Image courtesy of Verla Williams.