Eppers immigrated to the United States from Germany at the age of eight, while Knemeyer was a native of Illinois.
[1] Frederick Eppers married Bertha, and their son Charles was born on 16 September 1919 in Keokuk, Iowa.
Charles was educated in Keokuk and served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.
[1][2] He took office as a member of the Iowa Senate for District 1 in January 1959, and served a full four-year term through 1963.
Upon his resignation, Eppers was succeeded by Jerry Kearns on 1 January 1983, who ran for a full term in his own right the next year.