)[1][2] and raised in Akron, Ohio, where she studied voice and performed in high school operatic productions.

She sang with the Philadelphia Civic Opera Company and formed a four singer group called "The Mississippi Misses", traveling "6,000 miles in 12 weeks giving concerts in 87 towns".

[3] Jepson's professional success accelerated in Philadelphia leading to a move to New York City with her husband, flautist George Poselle.

)[1][2] Her career in radio began in 1933 with a performance with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra conducted by Philip James.

Jepson then became a resident of Closter, New Jersey, where she gave music lessons at a studio in her home and lectured at the Junior College of Bergen County.

[8] In later life, Jepson attended Seton Hall University and acquired a degree in speech therapy.