JOHN H. KRAPER, FARMER, IS DEAD

East St. Louis Journal, 25 Nov 1938

Father of Mrs. W. E. Putnam born in Metropolis

John H. Kraper, 81, retured farmer, died at 5:45 p.m. Thursday in Christian Welfare hospital.  He lived at 4014 Donovan Avenue. He had been ill three years.

The body is at the Kurrus funeral home.  Funeral arragements will be found on Page 22, in the announcement section.  The body will be sent tonight to Metropolis for burial Sunday in St. John's Evangelical Church Cemetery.

Mr. Kraper as born in Metropolis in 1857 to Heinrich Friedrich Wilhelm and Charlotte Baade Kraper. He married Amelia Horntop on 24 Aug 1882 in the Barns Settlement, Massac County, IL.  She preceeded him in death.  Four daughters were born to them; Katie, Laura, Bertha and Lydia.  Bertha, Mrs. W. E. Putnam survives, as does one brother, Fred Kraper of Karnak, Ill. He lived here four years.


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