John Valentine Keiper was born Feb. 11, 1870, in Trenton,. N. J., to Theodore and Anna C. Kern Keiper, and at the age of five came with his parents to Rensselaer, Ind., coming as far as Ohio by train and from there on by wagon. They lived in a log house for some years and later his father built a home still known as the old Keiperhome.
As a boy he walked three miles to the old Indian school which is now St. Joe College at Collegeville.
On Feb. 19, 1895, he married Anna Kathryn Donnelly of Rensselaer and six years later came to Marshall county and purchased his home five miles southwest of Plymouth near Twin Lakes, by Myers lake where he cleared the land and built most of the buildings, going into the dairy business in later years.
He had lived in his present home for 43 years. For the last eight or nine months he had been in failing health and suffered a stroke on Wednesday, March 4, and passed away on the following Sunday at 1:30 a, m.
Surviving are his wife Anna C. Keiper, three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Bock of Chicago, Mrs. Albert Palbykin of Plymouth and Mrs. Mildred Fox, Plymouth.One daughter,Martha Oneill of Oak Park died five years ago. One brother, Anthony Keiper of Monon, Ind., one sister, Elizabeth Abbott of Valparaiso, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also survive.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a. m. at St. Michael's Catholic church, Rev. Father L. A. Eberle in charge, with burial in new Oak Hill cemetery.
Plymouth Daily Pilot
April 4, 1944
Contributor: Scott Bowmar (49167477) •
As a boy he walked three miles to the old Indian school which is now St. Joe College at Collegeville.
On Feb. 19, 1895, he married Anna Kathryn Donnelly of Rensselaer and six years later came to Marshall county and purchased his home five miles southwest of Plymouth near Twin Lakes, by Myers lake where he cleared the land and built most of the buildings, going into the dairy business in later years.
He had lived in his present home for 43 years. For the last eight or nine months he had been in failing health and suffered a stroke on Wednesday, March 4, and passed away on the following Sunday at 1:30 a, m.
Surviving are his wife Anna C. Keiper, three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Bock of Chicago, Mrs. Albert Palbykin of Plymouth and Mrs. Mildred Fox, Plymouth.One daughter,Martha Oneill of Oak Park died five years ago. One brother, Anthony Keiper of Monon, Ind., one sister, Elizabeth Abbott of Valparaiso, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also survive.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a. m. at St. Michael's Catholic church, Rev. Father L. A. Eberle in charge, with burial in new Oak Hill cemetery.
Plymouth Daily Pilot
April 4, 1944
Contributor: Scott Bowmar (49167477) •
John Valentine Keiper was born Feb. 11, 1870, in Trenton,. N. J., to Theodore and Anna C. Kern Keiper, and at the age of five came with his parents to Rensselaer, Ind., coming as far as Ohio by train and from there on by wagon. They lived in a log house for some years and later his father built a home still known as the old Keiperhome.
As a boy he walked three miles to the old Indian school which is now St. Joe College at Collegeville.
On Feb. 19, 1895, he married Anna Kathryn Donnelly of Rensselaer and six years later came to Marshall county and purchased his home five miles southwest of Plymouth near Twin Lakes, by Myers lake where he cleared the land and built most of the buildings, going into the dairy business in later years.
He had lived in his present home for 43 years. For the last eight or nine months he had been in failing health and suffered a stroke on Wednesday, March 4, and passed away on the following Sunday at 1:30 a, m.
Surviving are his wife Anna C. Keiper, three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Bock of Chicago, Mrs. Albert Palbykin of Plymouth and Mrs. Mildred Fox, Plymouth.One daughter,Martha Oneill of Oak Park died five years ago. One brother, Anthony Keiper of Monon, Ind., one sister, Elizabeth Abbott of Valparaiso, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also survive.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a. m. at St. Michael's Catholic church, Rev. Father L. A. Eberle in charge, with burial in new Oak Hill cemetery.
Plymouth Daily Pilot
April 4, 1944
Contributor: Scott Bowmar (49167477) •
As a boy he walked three miles to the old Indian school which is now St. Joe College at Collegeville.
On Feb. 19, 1895, he married Anna Kathryn Donnelly of Rensselaer and six years later came to Marshall county and purchased his home five miles southwest of Plymouth near Twin Lakes, by Myers lake where he cleared the land and built most of the buildings, going into the dairy business in later years.
He had lived in his present home for 43 years. For the last eight or nine months he had been in failing health and suffered a stroke on Wednesday, March 4, and passed away on the following Sunday at 1:30 a, m.
Surviving are his wife Anna C. Keiper, three daughters, Mrs. Agnes Bock of Chicago, Mrs. Albert Palbykin of Plymouth and Mrs. Mildred Fox, Plymouth.One daughter,Martha Oneill of Oak Park died five years ago. One brother, Anthony Keiper of Monon, Ind., one sister, Elizabeth Abbott of Valparaiso, seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, also survive.
Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 9:30 a. m. at St. Michael's Catholic church, Rev. Father L. A. Eberle in charge, with burial in new Oak Hill cemetery.
Plymouth Daily Pilot
April 4, 1944
Contributor: Scott Bowmar (49167477) •
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