She married John Zimmerman Oct. 14, 1930, at Ness City. He died in 1997.
A resident of Great Bend for six years, coming from Ness City, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of Sacred Heart Church and Altar Society, both of Ness City, and Daughters of Isabella of Ransom.
Survivors include two sons, Wilbur Zimmerman of Westwood and Gerald Zimmerman of Concord, Calif.; two daughters, Viola Barnard of Cody, Wyo., and Betty McCoy of Great Bend; three brothers, Mike Rupp and Paul Rupp, both of Garden City, and Adam Rupp of Fort Dodge; five sisters, Pauline Kaiser of Garden City, Mary Eggers of Tulsa, Okla., Julia Stoecklein of Hutchinson, Elvira Billinger of Scott City and Rita Riebel of Minneola; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, John Rupp and Frank Rupp.
Parish vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Gregory LeBlanc and Gilbert Herrman officiating. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Ness City. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, all at Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Ness City, and until service time Friday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart School, in care of the funeral home.
Great Bend Tribune, 8/6/2003
She married John Zimmerman Oct. 14, 1930, at Ness City. He died in 1997.
A resident of Great Bend for six years, coming from Ness City, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Zimmerman was a member of Sacred Heart Church and Altar Society, both of Ness City, and Daughters of Isabella of Ransom.
Survivors include two sons, Wilbur Zimmerman of Westwood and Gerald Zimmerman of Concord, Calif.; two daughters, Viola Barnard of Cody, Wyo., and Betty McCoy of Great Bend; three brothers, Mike Rupp and Paul Rupp, both of Garden City, and Adam Rupp of Fort Dodge; five sisters, Pauline Kaiser of Garden City, Mary Eggers of Tulsa, Okla., Julia Stoecklein of Hutchinson, Elvira Billinger of Scott City and Rita Riebel of Minneola; 14 grandchildren; and 20 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, John Rupp and Frank Rupp.
Parish vigil will be at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church, with the Revs. Gregory LeBlanc and Gilbert Herrman officiating. Burial will be at Sacred Heart Cemetery in Ness City. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, all at Fitzgerald Funeral Home in Ness City, and until service time Friday at the church.
Memorials are suggested to Sacred Heart School, in care of the funeral home.
Great Bend Tribune, 8/6/2003
Family Members
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Pauline Josephine Rupp Kaiser
1909–2004
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Mary Frances Rupp Eggers
1911–2010
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John Frank Rupp
1914–1986
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Michael Joseph "Mike" Rupp
1916–2006
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Paul Victor Rupp
1918–2014
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Adam William Rupp
1921–2015
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Frank Joseph Rupp
1923–1996
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Julia M. Rupp Stoecklein
1925–2012
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Rita A. Rupp Riebel
1927–2022
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Elvira Louise Rupp Billinger
1930–2017
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