E. Marian Rupe, age 93, of Pacific Junction

    Ethel Marian Rupe, age 93, of Pacific Junction, died at her home in Pacific Junction on Sept. 29, 2009. Services were held Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Glenwood. Interment was in the Martin Chapel Cemetery, Pacific Junction. Rev. Robert Lindau officiated.

    She was born Sept. 6, 1916, to John Walter, Jr. and Clara Marie (Swanson) Nelson in Oak Park, Ill. She graduated from Essex High School in 1935. Her father’s employment took the family to Pacific Junction where she met her future husband, Hobert Franklin Rupe. The couple united in marriage on Sept. 3, 1939, in Rock Port, Mo. To this union three children were born, Dick, Hobie and Sandy.

    Mrs. Rupe enjoyed being a homemaker and also assisted her husband in the bar they owned in Pacific Junction for many years. She dearly enjoyed her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She would often be seen with them riding her bicycle and continued to ride into her later years as well. In her earlier years she loved to fish and was also an avid sports enthusiast. She was a devoted member of the Trinity Lutheran Church in Glenwood.

    Preceding her in death were her parents; husband in 1971; grandson, Sam Rupe; brothers, Ralph and John Nelson; and sister Arlene Arns. She is survived by her children, Dick and Peg Rupe of Pacific Junction; Hobie and Judy Rupe of Glenwood; Sandy and Pete Peterson of Lake City; seven grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Maxine Boan of Overland Park, Kan.; several nieces, nephews, extended relatives and a host of friends.

    Memorials may be made to the Pacific Junction Emergency Services or Trinity Lutheran Church in Glenwood. Peterson Mortuary of Glenwood was in charge of arrangements.