Married Anna Gale Rourke 17 JUL 1917 at the St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edina, Knox County, Missouri.

ED SCHLEPPHORST BURIED HERE AFTER FATAL MISHAP ON JOB IN IOWA
Funeral Mass was held here for Edward Louis Schlepphorst, 56, this morning at 9 o'clock at the St. Joseph Catholic Church, with the Rev. Terence Mullins conducting. Interment was in the old St. Joseph Church Cemetery beside the grave of his first wife.
Schlepphorst, who lived most of his life in Edina, died at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon of accidental electrocution when a telephone line he was working on in a wind and rain storm just out of Ft. Madison, Iowa, came into contact with an overhanging span of high line wires, killing him instantly. He was employed by the Bell Telephone Co. in Ft. Madison, with his residence being in Denmark, Iowa, a few miles from there. He had been living in Denmark about a year, going there from Dallas City, Ill., where he had been engaged in the shoe repair business.
He was born in Quincy, Ill., June 28, 1896, a son of John H. and Elizabeth Zurborg Schlepphorst, who later moved to Edina.
He married Miss Anna Gale Rourke in Edina July 17, 1916, and a son, Gerald, of East Helena, Mont., and a daughter, Dorothy Mae, now Mrs. Charles Wulfers, of Farmington, Mo., were born to them. Mrs. Schlepphorst died December 26, 1928.
Mr. Schlepphorst, generally Ed, was again married Sept. 21, 1941, at the St. Joseph Parochial Home in Edina, to Miss Doris Sennet [sic] of Denmark, who survives him. Other survivors besides his two children, are three brothers, Lawrence and John of Edina and Paul of Louisiana, Mo., and five sisters: Mary, now Mrs. Steve Mayer of Baring, and Misses Clara, Florence, Ruth and Bernadine Schlepphorst of Edina. His mother also survives. The body was brought from Iowa Wednesday morning to the Kriegshauser Funeral Home.
The Edina Sentinel and Knox County Democrat, Edina, Missouri • Thu, Jul 10, 1952, Page 1, Column 2

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1910 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Schlepphorst
[Edward Schlepphart]
Age in 1910: 14
Birth Year: abt 1896
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1910: Edina Ward 2, Knox, Missouri
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Son
Marital Status: Single
Father's Name: John H Schlepphorst
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's name: Elizabeth Schlepphorst
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members: Name Age
John H Schlepphorst 45
Elizabeth Schlepphorst 36
Edward Schlepphorst 14
Lawerence Schlepphorst 10
John Schlepphorst Jr 8
Mary Schlepphorst 5
Clara Schlepphorst 3
Florence Schlepphorst 2

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Edward L Schlepphorst
Marriage Date: 17 Jul 1917
Marriage Location: St Joseph, Church, Edina, Missouri
Marriage County: Knox
Spouse Name: Anna Gale Rourke

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: Edward L Schlepphorst
County: Lee
State: Iowa
Birthplace: Illinois,United States of America
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1894
Race: White

1920 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Schlepphorst
Age: 23
Birth Year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Illinois
Home in 1920: Fort Madison Ward 6, Lee, Iowa
Street: Kansas Street
House Number: 2710
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Head
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Gale Schlepphorst
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Occupation: Fireman
Industry: Railway
Household Members: Name Age
Edward Schlepphorst 23
Gale Schlepphorst 24
Gerald Schlepphorst 1
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Edward Schllepphorst
[Edward Schllefphorat]
Gender: Male
Birth Year: abt 1897
Birthplace: Illinois
Race: White
Home in 1930: Madison, Lee, Iowa
Marital Status: Widowed
Relation to Head of House: Lodger
Father's Birthplace: Illinois
Mother's Birthplace: Kentucky
Household Members: Name Age
Edward P Wright 57
Fronia Wright 53
Edward Schllepphorst 33

Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Name: Edward Leuis Schlepphorst
Marriage Date: 21 Sep 1941
Marriage Location: Knox
Marriage County: Knox
Spouse Name: Dorris Bennett

U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Name: Edward Louis Schlepphorst
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1896
Birth Place: Quincy, Illinois, USA
Residence: Dallas, Illinois, USA
Race: White