OBIT: Harry RUPE, 1945, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Harry Rupe

  Harry Rupe, 1117 Seventeenth Street, Altoona, retired yard brakeman 
of the P.R.R., died Wednesday, May 30, 1945, at 11:32 a.m. at the 
Altoona hospital.
  He was born in Huntingdon, March 14, 1867, a son of George and Louise 
(Fester) Rupe.  He was first married to Grace Johnston, and later to 
Mary Armstrong, who survives.
  Also surviving are a son, Stephen, Altoona; a brother, William, 
Philipsburg; two step-sons, Joseph R. Armstrong, Altoona, and Richard 
E. Armstrong, Baltimore; a step-daughter, Mary Lorena Armstrong, 
Washington, D.C., and four grandchildren.
  Mr. Rupe was a member of the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament and 
the Altar society, of Altoona.   He was also a member of the Order of 
Railway Conductors.  He retired from the company in 1937, after 50 
years service.
  Friends will be received at the family home after 7 o'clock tonight.  
Funeral arrangements have not been learned.

Daily News, Huntingdon, Pa., May 31, 1945