I Don’t Think I Ever Knew…
I don’t even remember how I ran across this obituary, but it appears my grandpa may have had a sister…
Bluffton Evening News, Thursday, April 7, 1927
Kipfer Baby Dies This Forenoon
Mahilda Irene Kipfer, 5 months and eighteen days old, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Kipfer passed away at the Kipfer home in French township, Adams county, this morning. The babe has been quite serious for the past few days. However, her health had been bad since birth. The babe was born in Bluffton, September 15, 1926.
She is survived by the parents and one brother.
Funeral services will be held at the home at 9 o'clock Sunday morning with service at the Christian Apostolic church at 10 o'clock.
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Yes this was my older sister. Between Joe and Dorothy. She is buried in the Churches Old Cemerty.
How did you ever run accross this paper clipping?
I’m sure you don’t remember much about your Great Grandma Kipfer since she passed when you were just a little boy. She was a remarkable woman, an incurable optimist in the face of obvious pessimistic circumstances. Even though she endured many difficult times in her life, she remained true to her Christian faith until God called her home in 1983. She lovingly raised four children by herself after losing her husband to encephalitis when her youngest (your Papaw) was only 2 1/2 years old. One of the greatest legacies a woman could ever hope for is evident in the lives of her children, and as the Godly woman depicted in Proverbs 31 “her children arise up, and call her blessed”. It was truly an honor to have known Mrs. Aaron (Mary) Kipfer, even if for only a few short years.