Ruppert obituaries, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana

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Ruppert, Joseph H., Jr.        28 Mar 2001    Mar 2001    Don Johnson

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Obituary published in The Hammond Daily Star on:  3/28/2001

RUPPERT, JOSEPH H. JR.
Metairie - Joseph H. Ruppert Jr., 78, died Saturday, March 24, 2001, at his
home. He was a native and lifelong resident of New Orleans and Metairie and
was a retired motor pool administrator with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's
Office, a graduate of Metairie High School and attended Loyola. He hosted a
summer camp in Robert for the Jefferson Parish Junior Deputies for more 
than 10 years in the 1970s. He was a lifelong parishioner of Mt. Olive
Lutheran Church and a former member of the Krewe of Carrollton. He served
in the U.S. Navy during World War II and saw action in the Pacific Theater
and at Okinawa. Survivors include his wife, Doris McKinney Ruppert; four
sons, Joseph H. III, Gregory A. and Jason K. Ruppert all of Cary., N.C.,
and Karl J. Ruppert, New York City; a daughter, Melissa R. Jessen, Lake
Charles; and two grandchildren. The funeral was this morning at Lake Lawn
Metairie Funeral Home, and burial was in Lake Lawn Mausoleum. 

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