This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: MargieRoopPearce Surnames: Rupert, Trippe, Oliver, Laughrey, Armstrong Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.adams/3231/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, Indiana; Tuesday, April 19, 1960 SYLVAN RUPERT DIES AFTER LONG ILLNESS Funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon for Sylvan I. (Buz) Rupert, 53, of 110 N. 10th St., well-known Decatur man, who died at 2:15 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Adams County Memorial Hospital. He had been seriously ill for the past 5 months. Mr. Rupert had been employed as payroll clerk for the Central Soya Co., Inc. in Decatur since 1938, with the exception of time spent in the U. S. Army during World War II. He was born near Monroe, Aug. 16, 1906, a son Lewis and Anna Trippe-Rupert, and graduated from the Monroe High School in 1925. He was married to Miss Lucille Oliver July 5, 1928. Mr. Rupert was a member of the First Methodist Church, the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. He enlisted in the army Dec. 30, 1942, and was discharged Oct. 25, 1945, after serving in France, Belgium and Germany. Surviving in addition to his wife are three brothers: William T. and Harve Rupert, both of Monroe, and Jesse Rupert of Decatur; two sisters, Mrs. Jesse (Mary) Laughrey of Monroe, and Mrs. Marge Armstrong of Geneva. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick Funeral Home, the Rev. F. Hazensparks and the Rev. Willis Gierhart officiating. Burial will be in the Decatur Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time of services. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.