Joseph Robert Shepler, M.D. and Elizabeth Clark

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Husband Joseph Robert Shepler, M.D. ¹

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           Born: 17 Mar 1908 - West Newton, South Huntingdon Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Dr. David Richie Shepler (1877-      ) 1 2
         Mother: Ocie Anna Patton (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 30 May 1936 3

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Wife Elizabeth Clark ³

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           Born:  - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Edgar Curtis Clark (      -      ) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth [Unk] (      -      ) 3

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Children

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1 M Joseph Robert Shepler ³

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           Born: 29 Jul 1937 3
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General Notes: Husband - Joseph Robert Shepler, M.D.

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He attended the public schools of West Newton, Pennsylvania, and was graduated in 1926 from West Newton High School. In 1930 he took the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Washington and Jefferson College, and in 1935 he was graduated, a Doctor of Medicine, from the University of Pennsylvania.
Serving an interneship at Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, in 1935 and 1936, he started his own general practice of his profession on September 1, 1936. In general medicine and surgery he performed professional work for such organizations such as Osborne Mines of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company and the Euclid Mines of the Pittsburgh Coal Company. Dr. Shepler continued his practice in West Newton, with branch medical offices at Wyano and Fitz Henry. Dr. Shepler was associated with some of the leading organizations in medicine and surgery, being a Fellow of the American Medical Association and a member of the Westmoreland County Medical Society and the Pennsylvania State Medical Society. He helped in many ways to promote public health, notably as Westmoreland County physician for the West Newton district. He was a Democrat in his political views and was a consistent supporter of his party's policies and principles. He joined the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity while a student at Washington and Jefferson College, and was also a member of the Druids and the Pi Delta Epsilon Society. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church in West Newton. He was a Reserve officer in the 37th Engineers Regiment of the Medical Reserve Corps, holding the rank of first lieutenant.

1 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 97.

2 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 568.

3 Lewis Clark Walkinshaw, A.M, Annals of Southwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. IV (New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1939), Pg 98.