Susan Rupel, a pioneer resident of St. Joseph county, and the oldest of a family of nine children, all of whom preceeded her in death, died last evening at 6 o'clock at the rsidence of her late son, Tillman Rupel, 753 South Michigan street, at the advanced age of 91 years and five monnths. She had been ill since last Friday. About 6 o'clock on that day she suffered a stroke of paralysis which resulted in her death. Previous to that time she had enjoyed the very best of health and had up to within a few moments of the time she was stricken assisted with the work about the house.
The deceased was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bowman and was born on a farm west of Dayton, O., Dec., 19, 1807. On June 26, 1825, she was married to Jacob Chord and to this union six children were born, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Rupel, of this county, survives. Mrs. Rupel is 72 years of age. In 1832 the deceased with her parents, husband, brothers and sister, moved from Ohio to St. Joseph county, and settled on a farm south of Mishawaka. Mr. Chord died on Aug. 3, 1857, at the age of 55 years. On Oct. 2, 1841, the deceased married John Rupel. This union was productive of three children, one of whom, Osborne Rupel, is living at the age of 54 years. He is the youngest of the three. During her life Mrs. Rupel has resided south of Mishawaka, on Bowman's creek, in South Bend and on Sumption's Prairie - from which place she came to this city to make her home last March. She was distinctively a pioneer of St. Joseph county, coming here when South Bend was a very unpretentious little village and the surrounding country was sparsely populated. Mrs. Rupel is survived by numerous relatives, among them nine grand children, 14 great grand children and one child of the fifth generation. She was a remarkable woman in a great many respects. The indominable will power which characterized the earlier inhabitants of the country followed her until the very hour of her death and the tenacity with which she clung to life when her death had been expected hourly for a week shows that nine decades of life had not borne heavily upon her.
Funeral services will be held at Sumption Prairie Advent church, Friday at 3 pm. Rider Smith officiating. Interment will take place at Sumption Prairie cemetery. The friends and relatives will meet at the resident at 1 p.m.
Obituary appeared in The South Bend Weekly Tribune, Sat., 3 Jun, 1899, page 12.
The deceased was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bowman and was born on a farm west of Dayton, O., Dec., 19, 1807. On June 26, 1825, she was married to Jacob Chord and to this union six children were born, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Rupel, of this county, survives. Mrs. Rupel is 72 years of age. In 1832 the deceased with her parents, husband, brothers and sister, moved from Ohio to St. Joseph county, and settled on a farm south of Mishawaka. Mr. Chord died on Aug. 3, 1857, at the age of 55 years. On Oct. 2, 1841, the deceased married John Rupel. This union was productive of three children, one of whom, Osborne Rupel, is living at the age of 54 years. He is the youngest of the three. During her life Mrs. Rupel has resided south of Mishawaka, on Bowman's creek, in South Bend and on Sumption's Prairie - from which place she came to this city to make her home last March. She was distinctively a pioneer of St. Joseph county, coming here when South Bend was a very unpretentious little village and the surrounding country was sparsely populated. Mrs. Rupel is survived by numerous relatives, among them nine grand children, 14 great grand children and one child of the fifth generation. She was a remarkable woman in a great many respects. The indominable will power which characterized the earlier inhabitants of the country followed her until the very hour of her death and the tenacity with which she clung to life when her death had been expected hourly for a week shows that nine decades of life had not borne heavily upon her.
Funeral services will be held at Sumption Prairie Advent church, Friday at 3 pm. Rider Smith officiating. Interment will take place at Sumption Prairie cemetery. The friends and relatives will meet at the resident at 1 p.m.
Obituary appeared in The South Bend Weekly Tribune, Sat., 3 Jun, 1899, page 12.
Susan Rupel, a pioneer resident of St. Joseph county, and the oldest of a family of nine children, all of whom preceeded her in death, died last evening at 6 o'clock at the rsidence of her late son, Tillman Rupel, 753 South Michigan street, at the advanced age of 91 years and five monnths. She had been ill since last Friday. About 6 o'clock on that day she suffered a stroke of paralysis which resulted in her death. Previous to that time she had enjoyed the very best of health and had up to within a few moments of the time she was stricken assisted with the work about the house.
The deceased was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bowman and was born on a farm west of Dayton, O., Dec., 19, 1807. On June 26, 1825, she was married to Jacob Chord and to this union six children were born, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Rupel, of this county, survives. Mrs. Rupel is 72 years of age. In 1832 the deceased with her parents, husband, brothers and sister, moved from Ohio to St. Joseph county, and settled on a farm south of Mishawaka. Mr. Chord died on Aug. 3, 1857, at the age of 55 years. On Oct. 2, 1841, the deceased married John Rupel. This union was productive of three children, one of whom, Osborne Rupel, is living at the age of 54 years. He is the youngest of the three. During her life Mrs. Rupel has resided south of Mishawaka, on Bowman's creek, in South Bend and on Sumption's Prairie - from which place she came to this city to make her home last March. She was distinctively a pioneer of St. Joseph county, coming here when South Bend was a very unpretentious little village and the surrounding country was sparsely populated. Mrs. Rupel is survived by numerous relatives, among them nine grand children, 14 great grand children and one child of the fifth generation. She was a remarkable woman in a great many respects. The indominable will power which characterized the earlier inhabitants of the country followed her until the very hour of her death and the tenacity with which she clung to life when her death had been expected hourly for a week shows that nine decades of life had not borne heavily upon her.
Funeral services will be held at Sumption Prairie Advent church, Friday at 3 pm. Rider Smith officiating. Interment will take place at Sumption Prairie cemetery. The friends and relatives will meet at the resident at 1 p.m.
Obituary appeared in The South Bend Weekly Tribune, Sat., 3 Jun, 1899, page 12.
The deceased was a daughter of Jacob and Elizabeth Bowman and was born on a farm west of Dayton, O., Dec., 19, 1807. On June 26, 1825, she was married to Jacob Chord and to this union six children were born, only one of whom, Mrs. Lydia Rupel, of this county, survives. Mrs. Rupel is 72 years of age. In 1832 the deceased with her parents, husband, brothers and sister, moved from Ohio to St. Joseph county, and settled on a farm south of Mishawaka. Mr. Chord died on Aug. 3, 1857, at the age of 55 years. On Oct. 2, 1841, the deceased married John Rupel. This union was productive of three children, one of whom, Osborne Rupel, is living at the age of 54 years. He is the youngest of the three. During her life Mrs. Rupel has resided south of Mishawaka, on Bowman's creek, in South Bend and on Sumption's Prairie - from which place she came to this city to make her home last March. She was distinctively a pioneer of St. Joseph county, coming here when South Bend was a very unpretentious little village and the surrounding country was sparsely populated. Mrs. Rupel is survived by numerous relatives, among them nine grand children, 14 great grand children and one child of the fifth generation. She was a remarkable woman in a great many respects. The indominable will power which characterized the earlier inhabitants of the country followed her until the very hour of her death and the tenacity with which she clung to life when her death had been expected hourly for a week shows that nine decades of life had not borne heavily upon her.
Funeral services will be held at Sumption Prairie Advent church, Friday at 3 pm. Rider Smith officiating. Interment will take place at Sumption Prairie cemetery. The friends and relatives will meet at the resident at 1 p.m.
Obituary appeared in The South Bend Weekly Tribune, Sat., 3 Jun, 1899, page 12.
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