Clara Pearl (Snyder) Rupp

November 11, 1910 – January 31, 1985

Mrs. Adolph (Clara) Rupp, 74, Lucien, died at 7:45 p.m. Thursday at Perry Memorial hospital after an illness of six months.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the United Methodist church at Lucien. Officiating will be Rev. Larry Brown, pastor of the Lucien church, and Dr. Charles Sapp, pastor of the United Methodist church at Perry. Burial will be at McGuire cemetery at Lucien.

Mrs. Rupp was born southeast of Lucien on Nov. 11, 1910. She was the daughter of Martin and Ida Snyder. She attended Harmon rural school and Perry high school and was a graduate of Sapulpa high school.

She and Adolph Rupp were married at Lucien, Oct. 21, 1933. She was a charter member of the Happy Home extension homemakers group, having been affiliated with that organization about 55 years. She was a member of the United Methodist church at Lucien and the Lucien United Methodist Women. She had served as treasurer of the Lucien church for 29 years.

In addition to her husband, of the home, survivors include a son, Dennis Rupp, Lucien; a daughter, Karen Carpenter, Edmond; three grandchildren, Jacob, Jennifer, and Jondra Rupp; three brothers, her twin, Clarence E. “Bud” Snyder, Perry; William Snyder, Covington; and Albert Snyder, Lucien; and three sisters, Lela Hayes, Lucien; Elsie Blakley, Douglas; and Duetta Clements, Sapulpa.

She was preceded in death by three children, three brothers and two sisters.