| Emma Keiter | |
|---|---|
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Full name |
Emma Jane Piper Keiter |
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Presence at Shimer |
–1871 |
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Presence on Earth |
1850–1930 |
|
Role(s) |
Seminary period alum |
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Location(s) |
Canton, IL |
Emma Keiter, née Emma Piper, was a student at Shimer College during the Seminary period, graduating in 1871. She was born in Canton, Illinois.[1]
On October 4, 1876, she married fellow alum Charles I. Keiter,[2] who had studied at the Seminary in the early 1860s. Their children included Lida May, George, and Frank M. Keiter.[3][4]
Shimer connections[]
- Wife of alum Charles Keiter
Mentioned[]
- in Frances Shimer Record, April 1930:
- Friends at the school learned with regret of the death of Mrs. Emma Piper Keiter '71, at her home in Grundy Center, Iowa on January 2, 1930. Mrs Keiter's last visit to the school was in 1921 when she returned with members of her class to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of their graduation.
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