MRS. HANS JEPPERSEN PASSES ON

Death called Mrs. Hans Jeppersen of Kennard on Thursday, January 20th. Mrs. Jeppersen was born in Denmark, and was married there on April 29, 1881, and immediately left for this country coming directly to Omaha.

Most of their married life was spent in this vicinity. For a few years they resided at Plainview, Nebraska, but retired from the farm there and moved back to Kennard where they could be near their old friends.

In 1931 they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary, and the children and old friends gathered to assist them in the festivities. They were a much respected couple, and the neighborhood did everything possible to show their respect on this occasion.

The following year, July 7, 1932, the grim reaper took the husband, and the wife with one daughter lived on in the home until death called Mrs. Jeppersen. Four children, Harry of Kansas City; Mrs. Lama Caldwell of Beverly Hills, California; Mrs. Anne Franke of Omaha and Nora at home, are left to mourn the death of a most loving conscientious mother.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church of Kennard with Rev. Joseph Rasmussen officiating, and interment was made in the Kennard cemetery. During the ceremony in the church Gifford L. Dixon sang in his usual touching manner which added greatly to the beauty and impressiveness of the ceremony.

#2-January 27, 1938- The Pilot Tribune- Mette Johanna Jeppersen

KENNARD WOMAN BURIED SUNDAY

SERVICES FOR KENNARD RESIDENT, 81, HELD AT LUTHERAN CHURCH

Funeral services for Mrs. Mette Johanna Jeppersen, 81, of Kennard, an account of whose death was published last week, were held at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church in Kennard, the Rev. Joseph Rasmussen of Scranton, Iowa, officiating. Pallbearers were George Hedelund, Chris Nelson, Nic Friedrichsen, Nels Hansen, Morris Andersen and T.L. Leonard. Interment was in Kennard cemetery.

Gifford L. Dixon of Blair sang two solos, “My Task” and “an Evening Prayer,” during the services.

Mrs. Jeppersen, who died last Thursday morning, was the widow of Hans Jeppersen, who died July 7, 1932. Married in Denmark, Mr. and Mrs. Jeppersen came to the United States immediately after their marriage in 1881 and lived with friends in Omaha a short time before moving into a log cabin on a farm south of Kennard. With the exception of a few years at Plainview, the couple spent nearly all of their years of wedded life near and in Kennard. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in April, 1931 with more than 300 persons gathering for the occasion.

Surviving Mrs. Jeppersen are three daughters, Mrs. Laura Caldwell of Beverly Hills, California, Mrs. Ana S. Frank of Omaha and Miss Nora Jeppersen of Kennard, and a son, J.H. Jeppersen of Kansas City.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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