Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa
• Census: 1920, Gregory, South Dakota
• Census: 1930, Crete, Saline, Nebraska
• Census: 1940, Prairie, Pierce, Washington
• Residence: 1942, Tacoma, Pierce, Washington

Notes:

Kupfer was born and went to school in Des Moines. His business career has been colorful. Homesteader in the Rosebud country, in business, South Dakota banker, state bank examiner. He accumulated considerable property. Then the crash. Lost everything. Came to Crete, Nebraska in 1930, went to work in the mills, and is content to stay there. He “batches” in rooms in a private home, near the Blue river. He is high in Masonry, is past master of the Blue Lodge at alias, S. D., a past worthy patron of the Eastern Star, and has held other posts. He is a Spanish war veteran, and a member of Lee Forby Camp, Omaha. His mother, Mrs. Margaret Franz, lives in Des Moines.

Walter married Oma Mae McILNAY on 17 Aug 1937 in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska. Oma (daughter of Oscar Baty McILNAY and Clara Bell NEWBURN) was born on 27 Aug 1909 in Pleasant Dale, Seward, Nebraska; died on 24 Dec 1992 in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Saline, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]