Lola Fern BASH ²

  General Notes:

INFO FROM DAISY WICKHAM STEVENS: Lola was the daughter of Mary Jane Wickham Bash who died on the day Lola was born. Lola was then adopted and raised by her grandparents, Jacob and Sarah Wickham. She lived Keokuk as an adult. Lola raised her step-daughter Etta Klepfer.

1920 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk city: John C. Klepfer, owned home, 34, b. IL, father b. Baden Germany, mother b. IL, foreman, rubber tire plant; wife Lola F., 25, b. MO, father b. US, mother b. MO; dau. Etta M., 10, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. MO. (listed on same census page as Flora B. Whitehead and daughters)

1930 IA CENSUS, Lee Co, Keokuk city: John C. Klepfer, 44, 22 at first marriage, b. IL, father b. Germany, mother b. IL, merchant tire industry; wife Lola, 35, 20 at first marriage, b. MO, parents b. MO; dau. Etta, 20, b. IA, father b. IL, mother b. IA, bookkeeper, bank.

KEOKUK (IA) CATHOLIC CEMETERY: Lola Klepfer 1895 - ___

SSDI: Lola Klepfer, b. Dec 7, 1894 - d. Jul 1973; last residence: Keokuk, Lee Co, IA.

Lola married John C. "Tippy" KLEPFER on 3 May 1915.¹ (John C. "Tippy" KLEPFER was born on 24 May 1885 in IL,³ died on 31 Jul 1962 in Keokuk, Lee Co, IA ¹ and was buried in Keokuk Catholic Cem, Keokuk, Lee Co, IA ⁴.)