Leonard E. and William B. Hepner
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Title
Leonard E. and William B. Hepner
Subject
Soldiers - United States - Virginia - Shenandoah County
Hepner, William Brown "Bill" (1922-2014)
Hepner, Leonard Eugene (1921-2016)
Description
Portrait photograph of Leonard E. Hepner in a U.S. Army uniform (left) posed beside his brother, William B. Hepner (right).
The brothers were the sons of Charles Luther and Ruth Geneva (Mumaw) Hepner of Conicville.
The patch on Leonard's uniform indicates he was a member of the Army's Service Forces. He served in during World War II in Germany and the Philippines. A machinist by trade, he constructed the prototype of the Norton Bomb Sight for targeted B52 bombing during World War II.
His first wife was Anna Lee Link (1926-1957). After she died, Leonard married again to Ora Lee Hotinger, a woman he spent over 50 years with before he died.
William was a 1939 graduate of Triplett High School and, like his brother, an army veteran of World War II. He was employed with Rust Engineers when they built the American Viscose Plant in Front Royal. Later, he was employed by American Viscose. He also worked for the U.S. Postal Service at the Woodstock Office as a postal clerk retiring on April 1, 1988 after 30 years. After retirement he worked with his son at Valley Flower Shop for several years.
He married Pollyanna (Burnshire) Hepner in 1946 and together, they raised two children, Charles W. Hepner and Susan (Hepner) Clem.
The brothers were the sons of Charles Luther and Ruth Geneva (Mumaw) Hepner of Conicville.
The patch on Leonard's uniform indicates he was a member of the Army's Service Forces. He served in during World War II in Germany and the Philippines. A machinist by trade, he constructed the prototype of the Norton Bomb Sight for targeted B52 bombing during World War II.
His first wife was Anna Lee Link (1926-1957). After she died, Leonard married again to Ora Lee Hotinger, a woman he spent over 50 years with before he died.
William was a 1939 graduate of Triplett High School and, like his brother, an army veteran of World War II. He was employed with Rust Engineers when they built the American Viscose Plant in Front Royal. Later, he was employed by American Viscose. He also worked for the U.S. Postal Service at the Woodstock Office as a postal clerk retiring on April 1, 1988 after 30 years. After retirement he worked with his son at Valley Flower Shop for several years.
He married Pollyanna (Burnshire) Hepner in 1946 and together, they raised two children, Charles W. Hepner and Susan (Hepner) Clem.
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
The glass plate negative of this image was stored in a box labeled "Dec 1945".
Contributor
No ID form. William's name was written in the margin of the paper copy.
Leonard was identified in 2025 by library staff based on another image of him in the collection that was identified.
Additional biographical information about both brothers was found on the Find-A-Grave website.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Leonard Eugene Hepner appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 019751 and 021957.
Identifier
021957
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Glass Negative
Collection
Citation
Morrison Studio, “Leonard E. and William B. Hepner,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed April 3, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/51524.
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