Harold E. Sr. Knepp

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ECKHART - Harold E. Knepp, 78, of Eckhart, died Saturday, January 29, 2005, at Sacred Heart Hospital. Born February 13, 1926, in Garrett County, he was the son of the late Philip and Bertha (Blocher) Knepp. He was also preceded in death by his son, Harold Knepp, Jr., and several brothers and sisters. He was retired from Kings Department Store, and for years was a construction worker. He was a member of the Eckhart Baptist Church and was a veteran of World War II, having served in the 66th Panther Truck Division. Surviving are his wife, Mildred (Ryan) Knepp; two daughters: Joyce Troutman and husband, Robert, Eckhart, and Julie Crowe and husband, David, Cumberland; four grandchildren: Jack Rafferty, Jr., Miranda D. Crowe, Danielle Troutman, and David Crowe, Jr.; one brother, Bernell Knepp, and wife, Ruth, Berkeley Springs, WV; and one sister, Marguerite Noe, Cleveland, OH. His body will be cremated. There will be no visitation. A Memorial service will be conducted at the Eckhart Baptist Church at a later date, with Pastor Jerry Evens officiating. The Sowers Funeral Home, P.A., 60 W. Main St., Frostburg, is in charge of arrangements. Sowers Funeral Home, Frostburg, MD

Harold married Mildred Ryan in Private. Mildred was born in Private. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Harold E. Jr. Knepp was born in Private.
2. Joyce Knepp was born in Private.
3. Julie Knepp was born in Private.

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FROSTBURG — Philip H. Knepp, 82, of near Eckhart, died yesterday. He had been in failing health three years. Born in Garrett County, he was a son of the late Henry and Susan (Ambrose) Knepp. His wife, Bertha (Blocher) Knepp, preceded him in death. Mr. Knepp was a retired carpenter for the Allegany Ballistics laboratory. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. James Beach, Mrs. Olive Thomas, here; Mrs. Clifford Bennett, Eckhart; Mrs. Fred Crowe, Choteau. Mont., and Mrs. Harry Noe, Cleveland, Ohio: three sons, Bernard Knepp, here; Bernell Knepp, Washington, and Harold Knepp, Eckhart; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The family requests that flowers be omitted. The Cumberland News, November 16, 1965

Philip married Bertha Blocher on 4 Feb 1902 in Garrett County, Maryland. Bertha (daughter of Isaac Blocher and Sophia Anderson) was born in Dec 1882 in Maryland; died on 27 Jan 1952 in Frostburg, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Bertha BLOCHER (Isaac-1) was born in Dec 1882 in Maryland. She died on 27 Jan 1952 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. FROSTBURG — Mrs. Bertha (Blocher) Knepp, 69, wife of Philip H. Knepp, of Eckhart, died yesterday in Miners Hospital where she had been a patient for ten days. Mrs. Knepp was a member of Eckhart Methodist Church. A daughter of the late Isaac and Sophia (Anderson) Blocher, of Garrett county, Mrs. Knepp's survivors, besides her husband, include five daughters, Mrs. James Beach and Mrs. Edward Thomas, both of here, Mrs. Clifford Bennett, Eckhart, Mrs. Harry Noe, Cresaptown, and Mrs. Fred Crowe, Montana; three sons, Burnell Knepp, Washington; Harold Knepp, Eckhart, and Bernard Knepp, at home; a sister, Mrs. Anna Minnick, and two brothers, Wesley and Charles Blocher, all of here, and 15 grandchildren. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home where services will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p. m. with Rev. Wilbur Grose, pastor of Eckhart Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery, Garrett county. The Cumberland Evening Times, January 28, 1952

Bertha BLOCHER and Philip Henry KNEPP were married on 4 Feb 1902 in Garrett Co., Maryland. Philip Henry KNEPP was born on 17 Jul 1883 in Maryland. He died on 15 Nov 1965. FROSTBURG — Philip H. Knepp, 82, of near Eckhart, died yesterday. He had been in failing health three years. Born in Garrett County, he was a son of the late Henry and Susan (Ambrose) Knepp. His wife, Bertha (Blocher) Knepp, preceded him in death. Mr. Knepp was a retired carpenter for the Allegany Ballistics laboratory. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Surviving are five daughters: Mrs. James Beach, Mrs. Olive Thomas, here; Mrs. Clifford Bennett, Eckhart; Mrs. Fred Crowe, Choteau. Mont., and Mrs. Harry Noe, Cleveland, Ohio: three sons, Bernard Knepp, here; Bernell Knepp, Washington, and Harold Knepp, Eckhart; 21 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. The body is at the Durst Funeral Home where friends will be received today from 7 to 9 p.m. and tomorrow from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. The family requests that flowers be omitted. The Cumberland News, November 16, 1965 Bertha BLOCHER and Philip Henry KNEPP had the following children:

+23i.Daughter KNEPP.
24ii.Walter G. KNEPP was born on 22 Jul 1903. He died on 29 Dec 1916.
+25iii.Nellie KNEPP (born on 11 Aug 1905).
+26iv.Olive Mae KNEPP (born on 28 Jul 1908).
+27v.Ethel A. KNEPP (born on 24 Apr 1911).
+28vi.Daisy KNEPP (born about 1913).
+29vii.Janet KNEPP (born on 28 Mar 1918).
30viii.Bernell KNEPP was born date unknown.
31ix.Bernard KNEPP was born on 26 Dec 1922 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. He died on 6 Jul 1983 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.
32x.Harold E. KNEPP was born on 13 Feb 1926 in Garrett Co., Maryland. He died on 29 Jan 2006 in Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland.

Henry + Susan Ambrose. Susan died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Isaac BLOCHER was born about 1850 in Maryland. He died on 13 Oct 1912 in Garrett Co., Maryland. An automobile accident occurred four miles went of Frostburg yesterday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock, resultiug in the death of Isaac Blocher, and the injury of C. T. Long, and perhaps the fatal injury of three-year-old Emma Blocher, the granddaughter of Mr. Blocher. The exact cause of the accident is difficult to obtain. It appears, however, that Mr. Long, who lives on East Main Street, in this city, started in his automobile yesterday morning to go to Grantsville. When he arrived at the top of Little Savage Mountain he stopped to see Mr. Blocher, who is a farmer and whose home stands near the National road on the top of Little Savage Mountain. After a short while at the Blocher home, Mr. Long, it is said, invited Mr. Blocher and his young son(?) to take an automobile ride. They accepted, taking the child with them. They were spinning along nicely at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour and had gotten nearly to the bottom of Little Savage mountain when the car skidded, for some reason, on the newly oiled road, and went with a terrible crash into a ditch. Mr. Blocher was pinned under the machine, while Mr. Long, young Blocher and the child were thrown onto the road. Parties from Mr. Thomas Johnson's, who lives but a short distance from the scene of the accident, arrived and with great difficulty extricated Mr. Blocher from under the machine. He and the child were taken to Mr. Blocher's home and Mr. Long to Mr. Johnson's residence, and Doctors J.C. Cobey, W. C. McLane, and J. F. DeNaoley, of Frostburg, phoned for. Arriving at Mr. Blocher's home they found the man to have sustained internal injuries and the child a fractured skull. Young Blocher escaped with a few bruises. After rendering surgical attention to the injured at the Blocher home, the physicians proceded to the Johnson residence to give attention to Mr. Long, whom they found had sustained a dislocated shoulder together with several contusions and cuts upon the body. After he was made as comfortable as possible, Mr. Long was brought to his home in this city. On his way back, Dr. Cobey stopped at the Blocher residence and brought the child with him to this city to the residence of its grandmother, Mrs. Wittacre, on West Union street, where it remains in a precarious condition. After lingering in great pain, Mr. Blocher succumbed to his injuries at 4:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was between 60 and 65 years old and belonged to the old Blocher family of this county. He was highly respected and was well known in Frostburg. A few years ago his home was destroyed by fire and he had but recently completed the one in which he died yesterday. The Evening Times, Cumberland, October 14, 1912

The funeral of Mr. Isaac Blocher, who died at his home, four miles west of Frostburg on the top of Little Savage Mountain, on the National pike, Sunday evening at 4:30 o'clock, as the result of an automobile accident, four hours before his demise, an account of which was given in the Evening Times of yesterday, will take place from the home tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, with interment at the "Little Church" graveyard, near Johnsons and but a short distance from where the accident occurred. Mr. C. L. Long, of this city, who was injured in the accident and whose machine was wrecked, is reported as resting comfortably. The little three-year-old granddaughter of Mr. Isaac Blocker, who was with the party, and who sustained a fractured skull and other injuries, is doing well. She was brought to the home of her grandmother on West Main street, Mrs. Wittacre, after the accident, and is in a fair way back to recovery. The Evening Times, Cumberland, October 15, 1912

Isaac + Sophia Anderson. Sophia (daughter of Basil Boyd Anderson and Rachel Eckhart) was born on 2 Aug 1854 in Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 3 Aug 1933 in Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died - At the residence of his brother George W. Blocher, on Tuesday morning, June 1, 1897, Christian Blocher, aged eighty years, ten months and eighteen days. Death was caused by a complication of diseases and old age. He was always of stout constitution and was only confined to his room the last few days of his life. The deceased was a farmer by occupation, which pursuit he followed all his life up to a few years ago, when on account of failing health, the death of his wife, and his children all being grown and scattered, he gave up the farm and lived with his children up to about a year ago, since when he has been living with his brother, George W., who is noted for his hospitality to strangers as well as relatives. Deceased had been a devout member of the Dunkard church for the past fifteen years. The funeral sermon will be preached in the Cherrytree Dunkard church, in the near future, by Rev. Silas Hoover, of Pennsylvania. In early life he married Miss Anna Crowe, from which union three sons and three daughters are left to mourn their loss, all being married but Oliver, the youngest of the family. The deceased was the owner and mostly cleared himself the farm now owned by Mr. D. W. Warn, where he lived nearly fifty years and raised his family. A lovely wreathe of flowers was plucked from the shrubs that "Grandpa" (as he was generally called) had set out years ago, by Miss Ellen Warn, and placed on the casket. The remains were interred in the old Blocher cemetery near the old Blocher mansion where he was born. They were followed to the grave by one of the largest crowds that has turned out in years to pay the last tribute of respect to their old neighbor. [Obituary found on Find a Grave Memorial, source unlisted]

Christian + Anna Crowe. Anna (daughter of Jacob Crowe and Margaret Winebrenner) was born on 1 Jan 1818 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 31 Oct 1900 in Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Burial Porter Cemetery Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland, USA

Basil + Rachel Eckhart. Rachel (daughter of Jacob Eckhart and Delilah Porter) was born in 1829 in Allegany County, Maryland; died on 21 Dec 1895 in Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Burial Porter Cemetery Eckhart, Allegany County, Maryland, USA