Mary Olive (Bemis) Hepfer (1875-1958) Obituary

Mrs. Mary O. Hepfer: Oregon - Mrs. Mary Olive Hepfer, 82, Nashua Township, died at 6 PM Saturday in Warmolts Clinic here. She was born November 10, 1875 in Nashua Township, Ogle County, daughter of Clinton and Ida (Hardesty) Bemis. She was married to Clarence Hepfer Sept. 15, 1898. He died in 1940.

Survivors are four sons, Clinton, Dixon; Clifford, Peoria; Charles, Oregon; and Joseph, Chana; six daughters, Mrs. Ethel Ehmen, Lindenwood; Mrs. Ida Long, Chana; Mrs. Emma Grimm, Franklin Grove; Mrs. Helen Hodges, Harmon; Mrs. Orletta Frisk, Chana; and Vivian Hepfer at home; 29 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; two sister, Mrs. Hattie Hay, Oregon, and Mrs. Elwilda (Alwilda) Millard, Rockford; and a brother, Joseph, Oregon.

Services will be held at 1:30 PM Tuesday in the Farrell Funeral Home here and at 2 PM in Lighthouse (Methodist) Church with the Rev. Emery Burton officiating. Burial will be in Franklin Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home Monday afternoon and evening.

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