OBIT: Edna Louise (JOHNSON) RUPPERT, 1996, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  RUPPERT
  
  Edna Louise Ruppert, 65, of Mount Savage, Md., died Dec. 27, 1996, at
  Memorial Hospital, Cumberland.  Born Aug. 9, 1931, in Scalp Level, Mrs.
  Ruppert was raised by her grandmother, the late Canzada King Burton.
  She was the daughter of the late Clark Wilbur Lantz and Ruby (King)
  Johnson. Mrs. Ruppert was also preceded in death by her husband,
  Eugene E. Ruppert, in 1978; and a half-brother, William Custer. Mrs.
  Ruppert had been self-employed as a private duty sitter.  She was also
  the housekeeper for the Paul Farm.  She was a member of the Mount
  Savage United Methodist Church.  Survivors include her daughter,
  Bonnie Paul, and loving son-in-law, Jim, Mount Savage; two
  granddaughters, Kathy Ellen Paul and friend, Danny Mauzy, Maysville,
  W.Va., and Amanda Miehelle Paul, Mount Savage; a great-grandson,
  Dalton James Paul, Maysville, W.Va.; a sister, Zada Snider,
  Johnstown; four brothers: Leonard Lantz, Florida; James Lantz,
  Pennsylvania; Carl Lantz, Somerset, and Frank Lantz. Windber; two
  half-sisters, Virginia "Ginner" Foy and husband Bob, Berlin, and
  Alice Woolley, Somerset, and special friends, Carol and Sherri
  Watkins, Donna Lashley, Melissa Reed, Scott Dennison and Ricky Glass.
  Visitation was held Sunday at the George-Upchurch Funeral Home,
  Cumberland.  There will be viewing for one hour prior to the funeral
  service at 2 p.m. Monday at Mount Savage United Methodist Church,
  with the Rev. Rebecca Vardiman officiating.  Interment, SS. Peter and
  Paul Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart
  Association, P.O. Box 1114, Cumberland, MD 21502, the Cumberland
  Regional Dialysis Center, 517 Oldtown Rd., Cumberland; MD 21502, or
  to the American Diabetes Foundation, 407 Central Ave. Reisterstown,
  Md. 21136.
  
  Daily American, December 30, 1996
  
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