John W. Kepner born in Wheeling, WV on April 25, 1932, son of the late Wade H. & Martha Nay Kepner. He graduated from Linsly Military Institute in 1950, received a Bachelor of Science Degree in General Business at West Virginia University, January 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.

Memberships:

• Christ United Methodist Church, Wheeling, WV
• Wheeling Lodge #5, A.F. & A.M.
• 32nd degree Scottish Rite Mason, Wheeling, WV
• Wheeling Lodge #28, B.P.O. Elks
• Wheeling Country Club
• Trustee of the Linsly School, Wheeling, WV (Emeritus in 2000)
• Board of Directors of the Ohio Valley Medical Center (Emeritus)
• Board of Directors: Wheeling Rotary Club and served as President 1972-1973
• Board of Directors: Wesbanco Bank, Wheeling and the former WesBanco Bank, Wheeling
• West Virginia Funeral Directors Association, Inc.
• National Funeral Directors Association
• Served on the National Selected Morticians Association Board of Directors, 1978-1981.
• Served as President of the National Selected Morticians, 1980-1981.
• First Vice President of the Wheeling Automobile Club Board of Directors
• Past Member of the Board of Directors: Wheeling Chamber of Commerce
• Past President of the Wheeling Fraternal Order of Police Associates

John W. Kepner

James B. Kepner

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