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The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
Linus Joseph Rupp
1930 - 2005 (75 years)
Generation: 1
1. Linus Joseph Rupp was born on 13 Mar 1930 in Victoria, Kansas (son of John Rupp and Catherine Schmidtberger); died on 26 Dec 2005 in Wichita, Kansas; was buried on 30 Dec 2005. Notes:
Linus Joseph Rupp 1930 - 2005
BUSHTON
Linus Joseph Rupp, 75, died Monday, Dec. 26, at Via Christi-St. Francis Regional Medical Center in Wichita. He was born March 13, 1930, in Victoria, the son of John and Catherine (Schmidtberger) Rupp. He married Bernice Weigel on Nov. 9, 1948, at Emmeram. He then he married Mary Ann Sporing on June 17, 1998, at Canon City, Colo. He grew up in Victoria and Hays and had lived in Denver, Colo., Cheyenne, Goodland, and Hays, and then has lived in Bushton for 12 years. He worked in the oil fields, and then he was a Teamster truck driver for 35 years. He retired in 1992.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Rupp of the home; three sons, Curt Rupp and Fred Rupp, both of Bushton, and John Rupp and his wife Vonda of Greenwood, Ind.; one daughter, Jan Yanda and her husband Daryel of Gorham; two step-sons, Tim Robbins and his wife Nova of Anchorage, Ala., and Bill Robbins of Greeley, Colo.; two step-daughters, Tina Sims of Bushton and Katrina Sims of Lorraine; three sisters, O’Linda Schantz of Colorado Springs, Colo., Alice Wasinger of Hutchinson and Albertine Rome of Hays; 18 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Clarence, Daniel, Edward and Elmer; four sisters, Irene Hoff, Albina Rupp, Blondie Dreiling, and Sally Sullivan; one infant sister, Albertine Helen Rupp; and one grandson, Dale Yanda LeGrande.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 30, at St. Fidelis Catholic Church in Victoria. A private family burial will be at a later date. A vigil service will be at 7 p.m. today at Cline’s Mortuary, 412 Main, Victoria, KS 67671. The family will receive friends from 6 to 9 p.m. today and 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Friday, all at Cline’s Mortuary in Victoria. Memorials are suggested to Via Christi-St. Francis Burn Center in Wichita, or Masses.
Funeral arrangements provided by
Cline’s Mortuary* P.O. Box 252 Hays, KS 67601 785-628-8822
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune, Dec. 29, 2005Linus married Bernice Weigel [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Linus married Mary Ann Sporing [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. John Rupp John married Catherine Schmidtberger. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Catherine Schmidtberger Children:
- Leona M Rupp was born on 27 Aug 1917 in Victoria, Kansas; died on 22 Jun 2001 in Las Vegas, Nevada; was buried on 27 Jun 2001 in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays, Kansas.
- Celestine Rupp was born on 12 May 1922 in Victoria, Kansas; died on 04 Mar 2005 in Garden City, Kansas; was buried on 07 Mar 2005 in Valley View Cemetery, Garden City, Kansas.
- 1. Linus Joseph Rupp was born on 13 Mar 1930 in Victoria, Kansas; died on 26 Dec 2005 in Wichita, Kansas; was buried on 30 Dec 2005.
- Clarence Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Danny Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Elmer Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Edward Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Albina Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Albertina Rupp died before 22 Jun 2001.
- Irene Rupp was born on 01 Feb 1915 in Victoria, Kansas; died on 19 Jan 2003 in Victoria, Kansas; was buried on 22 Jan 2003 in St. Fidelius Cemetery in Victoria, Kansas.