Foster E. Hepler is a progressive young business man of Butler, where he is engaged in the general insurance business, with offices at 512 Butler County National Bank Building. He was born in Brinker-ton, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1899, and is a son of Alkanah and Emma (Stahlman) Hepler.
Foster E. Hepler attended the public schools in Clarion County, Cherry Run and Sligo High Schools, after which he worked in his father's mill until he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He was in the S. A. T. C. Vocational Training Corps in the Engineering Department, and was discharged at State College. He studied at the Carnegie Technical College, and in 1919, in partnership with his brother, Albert K. Hepler, he purchased the mill, formerly owned by their father, from the heirs, and conducted it until December, 1921, when it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Hepler then went on the road as a salesman for the Reed Milling Company, of Brookville, Pennsylvania, until 1925, when he came to Butler and engaged in the insurance business. He is agent for the Travelers' Insurance Company.
In 1922 Mr. Hepler was married to Izora Truby, a daughter of William P. and Bertha (Logue) Truby, natives of Clarion County. Mr. and Mrs. Truby are deceased and are buried at Callensburg, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Hepler a son has been born, Foster Eugene, Jr., born November 16, 1925.
Mr. Hepler is affiliated with Canby Lodge No. 520, F. and A. M., St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania. Politically Mr. Hepler is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.
Foster E. Hepler is a progressive young business man of Butler, where he is engaged in the general insurance business, with offices at 512 Butler County National Bank Building. He was born in Brinker-ton, Clarion County, Pennsylvania, July 17, 1899, and is a son of Alkanah and Emma (Stahlman) Hepler.
Foster E. Hepler attended the public schools in Clarion County, Cherry Run and Sligo High Schools, after which he worked in his father's mill until he enlisted in the U. S. Army. He was in the S. A. T. C. Vocational Training Corps in the Engineering Department, and was discharged at State College. He studied at the Carnegie Technical College, and in 1919, in partnership with his brother, Albert K. Hepler, he purchased the mill, formerly owned by their father, from the heirs, and conducted it until December, 1921, when it was destroyed by fire. Mr. Hepler then went on the road as a salesman for the Reed Milling Company, of Brookville, Pennsylvania, until 1925, when he came to Butler and engaged in the insurance business. He is agent for the Travelers' Insurance Company.
In 1922 Mr. Hepler was married to Izora Truby, a daughter of William P. and Bertha (Logue) Truby, natives of Clarion County. Mr. and Mrs. Truby are deceased and are buried at Callensburg, Pennsylvania. To Mr. and Mrs. Hepler a son has been born, Foster Eugene, Jr., born November 16, 1925.
Mr. Hepler is affiliated with Canby Lodge No. 520, F. and A. M., St. Petersburg, Pennsylvania, and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a member of the Insurance Federation of Pennsylvania. Politically Mr. Hepler is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Church.
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