The Shelbyville News
Tuesday, January 19, 1960
Page 4 Col 8
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COUNTY NATIVE KILLED IN CRASH
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Funeral services will be held
Wednesday at 10:30
a.m. at the Piepho Funeral Home in Muncie and short graveside rites will be held at Norristown Wednesday at 2:00
p.m., for Horace Bepler, 64. Shelby county native, who was killed in a car-truck collision near Greencastle
Sunday night.
Mr. Bepler, an employee of the Muncie Elks Club, was
prominent in American Legion activities. He was a passenger in a car driven by Ora G. Howell, also
of Muncie, as they were returning from a district Legion convention at Greencastle. The accident was caused
when Howell became confused during a heavy snowfall and turned into the wrong traffic lane, according to state
police, and collided with a semi-trailer outfit. The highway was ice-covered and extremely hazardous, it
was reported. Howell was seriously injured and the car was demolished.
Mr. Bepler was a son of David and Charlotte (Diewert)[sic]
Bepler and was born at Flat Rock. He formerly lived in Shelbyville. Surviving is a brother, Ralph,
of Lakewood, Calif. Several cousins some of whom are local residents, also survive.
[Grandson of W. M. and Eliza (Newton) Deiwert.-KR]
Contributed by Kathy Ridlen
The Shelbyville News
Saturday April 29, 1950
Page 1, Col. 3
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County Native Dies in West
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Word has been received here of the death of
Mrs. Lottie Bepler, Shelby county native, at the home of a son, Ralph
Bepler, in Los Angeles.
Mrs. Bepler, who was 85 years of age, died
Tuesday. She was born in Norristown and had resided in Indianapolis for
several years before going to California last December. Surviving with the
son Ralph are are another son, Edgar, of Muncie, and two brothers, George
Diewert of Greensburg and Charles Diewert of Clarksburg.
Funeral services will be held in
Indianapolis, with the time to be announced. Burial will be made in the
Norristown cemetery.
Lottie (Charlotte) was the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Diewert
Contributed by Kathy Ridlen
The Shelbyville Democrat
Monday July 8, 1907
Page 1, Col. 7
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David Bepler Dead
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David Bepler died at his home, 115
Center street, at noon today, aged fifty-eight years. He is survived by
his wife, Mrs. Chalotte Bepler, and four sons: Earl, aged
seventeen years; Edward, aged fifteen; Horace, aged eleven, and
Ralph,
aged nine years. His father, one brother and three sisters residing in
Cincinnati also are living. His sister, Mrs. Maggie Schautz, has been with
him for several days. Funeral services will be held at Norristown at 2:30
p.m. Wednesday, conducted by the Rev. J. T. Scull. Edwards & Hageman
are in charge.
Contributed by Kathy Ridlen
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