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John W. Kepner was born in Wheeling on April 25, 1932, son of the late Wade H. and Martha Nay Kepner. He graduated from Linsly Military Institute in 1950, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Business at West Virginia University in 1955, and graduated with highest honors from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science in 1956. He became a licensed West Virginia funeral director and embalmer, and joined his father in the funeral business. In 1962, he and Wade H. Kepner entered into a partnership, and in 1976, John W. Kepner became President of Kepner Funeral Homes, Inc. He married Mary Joan Brown on July 24, 1954, and they have five children: John D. Kepner, James B. Kepner, Jennifer Lynn Kepner Mooney, Elizabeth Jane Kepner Maynard, and Julie Ann Kepner (deceased, July 27, 1990). They have 12 grandchildren.
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- Member, Wheeling Country Club
- Member, Christ United Methodist Church
- Member, Wheeling Elks Club BPOE #28
- Member, Wheeling Lodge #5, A.F. & A.M.
- 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason
- Trustee of the Linsly School, Wheeling, WV (Emeritus)
- Board of Directors of the Ohio Valley Medical Center (Emeritus)
- Board member, Wesbanco, Inc.
- Board member and former President, Wheeling Rotary Club
- Member, West Virginia Funeral Directors Association, Inc.
- Member, National Funeral Directors Association
- Former Board member and President, National Selected Morticians Association
- Former Vice President, Wheeling Automobile Club
- Past Board member, Wheeling Chamber of Commerce
- Past President, Wheeling Fraternal Order of Police Associates
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