Bio: Wepfer, Emil Albert (1897 - 1973)

Contact: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Wepfer, Sniteman, King, Shannon

----Source: Loyal, WI Historical Society, Diana Schuette, LOYAL CENTENNIAL BOOK (Loyal, Clark County, Wis.) 1870 - 1970
 

Wepfer Pharmacy

Emil Wepfer, a native of Neillsville, Clark County, Wis., opened a drug store in Loyal in 1923 when he was 26 years old.  He purchased the building owned by Hiram Jackson and located in the Allen block of Loyal's main street.

Previous to this time he had completed his education in Philadelphia and spent three years working as a pharmacist for C. C. Sniteman in Neillsville.

In July 1931, following the disastrous fire in the Allen block, Wepfer opened a store at the present location, then as now billed as the NEW Wepfer Pharmacy.

The store remains in the Wepfer family, with Tom taking over the business in 1964. While the sale of horse lineament continues to decline, the prodigious number of dairy cows in the area requires a substantial inventory of drugs for the treatment of various bovine diseases, which plague modern dairymen.

The Wepfers report that potent medicines still play an important part in the treatment of common Ailments. Although people have, through modern research, made these remedies much more effective. The tedious tasks of measuring and sifting minute quantities of various drugs endured by the early druggist has been changed by the application of modern methods to the formulation and manufacture of these products.

News Clips

Marshfield Times June 29, 1910

Emil Wepfer of Park Falls, a former resident of this city and quite a baseball player, has branched out into the wrestling game and has matches in sight with some bush wrestlers of considerable reputation.  Emil is a heavyweight.

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Obit: Wepfer, Emil Albert (1897 - 1973)

----Source: Eau Claire Leader Telegram March 8, 1973

Emil Wepfer  (9 Apr 1897 - 7 Mar 1973)

L O Y A L (Special) — Emil Wepfer, 75, died Wednesday at St. Joseph’s Hospital, Marshfield. Mr. Wepfer was born at Neillsville and had worked at a drugstore there. In 1917 he graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and served in the Navy during World War I.

In 1923 he purchased a drugstore here and married Julia Shannon in 1927.

Surviving are his wife (Julia Shannon); a son, Thomas, Loyal; a daughter, Mrs. Allen Quast, Whitewater; a sister, Miss Elizabeth Wepfer, Milwaukee; a brother Conrad, Bay City, Mich.; and seven grandchildren.

Services will be at11 a.m. Saturday at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with the Very Rev. Norbert King officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Friends may call at Rinka Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Friday. A Rosary will be recited at 8:45 p.m. Friday.

The Loyal American Legion Post will conduct military rites.

Wisconsin Birth Records

Emil A Wepfer
Event Type: Birth
Event Date: 09 Apr 1897
Event Place: Clark, Wisconsin 

1940 Federal Census, Loyal, Loyal Village, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Emil Wepfer
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Marital Status: Married
Race (Original): White
Race: White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Last Place of Residence: Same Place

Household Members
Emil Wepfer Head M 43 Wisconsin
Julia Wepfer Wife F 37 Wisconsin
Thomas Wepfer Son M 3 Wisconsin
Frank Shannon Lodger M 30 Wisconsin

1930 Federal Census, Loyal, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Emil Wepfer - Male
Age: 33
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland

 
Household Members
Emil Wepfer Head M 33 Wisconsin
Julia Wepfer Wife F 27 Wisconsin

1910 Federal Census, Neillsville Ward 1, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Emil Wepfer - Gender: Male
Age: 13
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Birth Year (Estimated): 1897
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland

Household Role Gender Age Birthplace
Anna Wepfer Head F 55 Germany
Minnie Wepfer Daughter F 23 Wisconsin
Emil Wepfer Son M 13 Wisconsin

1900 Federal Census, Neillsville city Ward 1-3, Clark, Wisconsin, United States

Emil Wepfer - Male
Age: 3
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Birth Date: Apr 1897
Birthplace: Wisconsin
Father's Birthplace: Switzerland
Mother's Birthplace: Switzerland

Household Members
Rudolph Knoop Head M 42 (Jan 1858) Germany
Alvena Knoop Wife F 37 (Sep 1863) Germany
Freda Knoop Daughter F 16 (Oct 1884) Wisconsin
Edna Knoop Daughter F 14 (Sep 1886) Wisconsin
Minnie Knoop Daughter F 10 (Jul 1890) Wisconsin
Arthur Knoop Son M 8 (Jul 1892) Wisconsin
Ella Knoop Daughter F 5 (Oct 1895) Wisconsin
Willie Knoop Son M 12 (May 1888) Wisconsin
Arnold Knoop Nephew M 22 (Oct 1878) Wisconsin
Adolph Wepfer Boarder M 12 (Jun 1888) Wisconsin
Emil Wepfer Boarder M 3 (Apr 1897) Wisconsin

Social Security Death Index

Age: 76
Name: Emil Wepfer
Birth Date: 09 Apr 1897
State: Wisconsin
Last Place of Residence: Clark, Wisconsin
Previous Residence Postal Code: 54446
Event Date: Mar 1973