James Orel Hapner

8/20/1898 - 3/14/1974

Former county resident dies

James Orel Hapner, 75, of Dunkirk, a native of Adams county, died shortly after midnight Thursday at the Dunkirk Convalescent Home, Dunkirk. He was a retired employee of Indiana Glass Co. where he had worked for 18 years.

Born Aug. 30, 1898, he was the son of Raymond and Ann E. Hiestand-Hapner, and was married to Sarah Ickes, who survives. Hapner was a member of the American Flint Glass Workers Union.

Surviving besides his wife are one step-daughter, Mrs. Jack Wheeler, Mansfield, O.; three sisters, Mrs. Wight (Edna) Cassel, Mrs. Harold (Ethel) Bennett, and Mrs. Robert (Elma) Hagenbaugh, Portland, and three step-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Baird-Freeman funeral home in Portland with Rev. J. Robert Coovert officiating. Burial will be in the Pennville IOOF cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today.

Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Friday, March 15, 1974
Contributed by Karin King

 Buried in Twin Hill Cemetery