Union Banner, Carlyle, IL, Apr 25, 2007, Page 3A/Col 1-2 Rosalie E. Kuper April 1, 1924 - April 20, 2007 Rosalie E. Kuper, 83, of Damiansville, died Friday, April 20. 2007. at Mar-Ka Nursing Home in Mascoutah. Mrs. Kuper was born April 1, 1924, in Berlin. Germany, to Gustav and Elizabeth Marie (Schultze) Franzke and they preceded her in death. She married Leonard Kuper in 1956 in Berlin, Germany and he preceded her in death on May 13, 1991. Surviving are her sons, Raymon (Caroline) Kuper of Lexington, Va., Jim (Lori) Kuper of Damiansville, and Robert (Emit) Kuper of Germany; five grandchildren; brothers, Gustav Franzke of Germany and Heinz Franzke of Tasmania, Australia. Along with her parents and husband. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Kurt Franzke: a sister, Zenta Klavon. She was a homemaker. Funeral service were held on Monday, April 23, at 10 a.m. at the Moss Funeral Home in Breese with Rev. Gretchen Sterrett officiating. Burial followed in St. Damian Cemetery, Damiansville. Moss Funeral Home in Breese handled the arrangements. This information, is for research purposes only, and is not be posted or diffused on any website or by email without the specific permission of the newspaper, except for research purposes.