Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1917 — Grandmother Kepner Is 89 Years Old Today. [ARTICLE]

Grandmother Kepner Is 89 Years Old Today.

Four generations will be represented at the birthday dinner given to Grandmother Robert Kepner today. This is her ejghty-ninth birthday.' She and her husband, Robert, came to Rensselaer some forty-one years ago. Mr. Kepner has been dead about fifteen years. They were the parents of nine children, five of whom are still living. The sons are John Kepner, of Sheldon, 111., and Isaac Kepner, of this city. The daughters are Mrs, Abe Wartena and Mrs. John Schanlaub, of this city, and Mrs; Caroline Turner of Crown Point. The two great grandchildren are, the daughter of Mrs. Adolph May and the son of Mrs. Hazel—Tobin. Many of thq men about town will remember Uncle Robert Kepner as the faithful janitor of the public school building of this city.