Individual Details
Della May HOPPER
(Jan 1893 - 13 Jul 1937)
Kokomo Tribune (Kokomo, Indiana), Wednesday, July 14, 1937:
"ONWARD WOMAN DIES
MRS. RUSSELL SHEPLER SUCCUMBS FOLLOWING BIRTH OF CHILD
Walton, Ind. July 13 - (Tribune Special) - Mrs. Della Shepler, 44,wife of Russel Shepler of Onward, died Tuesday morning at 6:30 o'clockat the Cass county hospital at Logansport, following the birth of adaughter.
Surviving besides the husband are seven children, Dorothy, John,Raymond, Robert, Harold and Dixie at home and the infant at thehospital. She is survived also by two sister, Mrs. Medford Yoder ofLogansport and Mrs. Rena Somsel of Onward; her mother, Mrs. AnnaHopper, of Onward, and a half sister, Mrs. Russell Bowyer, who residesin Florida.
The body was removed to the Wolf funeral home in Walton and will betaken to the home Wednesday noon. Funeral services will be conductedat 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Christian church in Onward,followed by burial in Thomas cemetery."
Note that although the obituary says Thomas cemetery, thetranscription at the genweb site says "Deer Creek / Onward cemetery.
"ONWARD WOMAN DIES
MRS. RUSSELL SHEPLER SUCCUMBS FOLLOWING BIRTH OF CHILD
Walton, Ind. July 13 - (Tribune Special) - Mrs. Della Shepler, 44,wife of Russel Shepler of Onward, died Tuesday morning at 6:30 o'clockat the Cass county hospital at Logansport, following the birth of adaughter.
Surviving besides the husband are seven children, Dorothy, John,Raymond, Robert, Harold and Dixie at home and the infant at thehospital. She is survived also by two sister, Mrs. Medford Yoder ofLogansport and Mrs. Rena Somsel of Onward; her mother, Mrs. AnnaHopper, of Onward, and a half sister, Mrs. Russell Bowyer, who residesin Florida.
The body was removed to the Wolf funeral home in Walton and will betaken to the home Wednesday noon. Funeral services will be conductedat 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at the Christian church in Onward,followed by burial in Thomas cemetery."
Note that although the obituary says Thomas cemetery, thetranscription at the genweb site says "Deer Creek / Onward cemetery.
Events
| Birth | Jan 1893 | Indiana | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | Tipton Twp., Cass Co., IN, ED 22 Sh 12A; Delia [sic] M. Hopper, born Jan. 1893, 7, born IN both parents born IN. | |||
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | Tipton Twp., Cass Co., IN, ED 42 Sh 11B; Della Hopper, daughter, 17 (1892-93), born IN both parents born IN. | |||
| Marriage | 31 Mar 1917 | Cass Co., Indiana - Russell Thomas SHEPLER |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jan 1920 | Tipton Twp., Cass Co., IN, ED 55 Sh 11A; Della Shepler, wife, 25 (1894), born IN both parents born IN. Mother and sister Maud living with her. | |||
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | Onward Village, Tipton Twp., Cass Co., IN, ED 30 Sh 1A; Della M. Shepler, wife, 35 (1894-95), 23 at first marriage, born IN both parents born IN. | |||
| Death | 13 Jul 1937 | Logansport, Cass Co., Indiana | | ||
| Burial | 15 Jul 1937 | Thomas/Deer Creek - Onward cemetery, Cass Co., IN | | ||
| Reference No | 10814 |
Families
| Spouse | Russell Thomas SHEPLER (1895 - 1942) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | John J. SHEPLER (1918 - 1979) |
| Child | Raymond G. SHEPLER (1920 - 1955) |
| Child | Robert Vernon SHEPLER (1923 - 1955) |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Child | Living |
| Father | John C. HOPPER (1861 - 1917) |
| Mother | Anna E. MCDOWELL (1855 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Rena A. HOPPER (1894 - 1917) |
| Sibling | Maude L. HOPPER (1899 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ancestry.com database.
2. Obituary.
3. Cemetery Transcription, http://incass-inmiami.org/cass/cemeteries/onward/ONWs.html.