OBITUARY: Josephine Geppert, Medford, Jackson County, Oregon ********************************************************************************* USGENWEB ARCHIVES(tm) NOTICE: ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 9 Jun 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 14 Jun 1942, p. 10, c. 6 FINAL CALL FOR VALLEY PIONEER Mrs. Josephine Geppert passed away at a local hospital Friday evening at the age of 76. She was born in Illinois on July 27, 1865, and came to this valley 57 years ago, where she had resided continuously. Her husband, Joseph, preceded her passing in 1929. She was an Eagle Mother of the Crater Lake Aerie. Five of 11 children survive; Horace, Lewis, and Charles Geppert; Mrs. Josephine Lebo and Mrs. Urzula Childreth, all living in Medford. There are also nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held in the Conger funeral parlors Monday afternoon at 1, with Rev. D. E. Millard officiating. Interment will be in the family plot in the Butte Falls cemetery.