ST. MARYS, OHIO - Edna D. Whitney Rupp, 92, formerly of Spencerville and St. Marys, died at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, in the St. Mary's Living Center, where she resided for eight years.
Rupp was born July 3, 1911 in Noble Twp, Auglaize Co., a daughter of Harry J. and Minnie O. (Coil) Schamp. On June 10, 1934, she married Ralph J. Whitney, who died Oct. 26, 1957. Then on June 8, 1968, she married the Rev. Lowell W. Rupp, who died July 12, 1979.
She is survived by two sons, Joseph A. (Linda) Whitney of rural St. Marys and the Rev. Neal D. (Renee) Whitney of Elida; two daughters, Anita L. (Donald) Barnt of Kenton and Carol A. (Steven) McMurray of St. Marys; one step-son, Joseph W. (Joan) Rupp of Littleton, Co.; two step-daughters, Priscilla M. (George) Otto of Dayton and M. Sue (Richard) McKnight if Cincinnati; 23 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 48 great grandchildren; four step-great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and one step-great great grandchild; one brother, A. Alfred (Sarah) Schamp of Holland, Mich.; two sisters, Rose Marie Wehmeyer of St. Marys and Mary Lea (Robert) Hegemeier of Brandenton, Fla.; and a sister-in-law, Evelyn Schamp of St. Marys.
She was preceded in death by two grandchildren, one step-great grandchild, and three brothers, Kenneth J., H. Burdette and James B. Schamp.
Mrs. Rupp was a member of the Walnut Grove United Methodist Church and its United Methodist Women and True-Seekers Sunday School Class; and the Hawthorn Chapter, Order of Eastern Star in St. Marys. She was a 1929 graduate of Memorial High School and had worked for seven and a half years at the Joint Township Memorial Hospital in St. Marys as a laboratory secretary.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Walnut Grove Church, north of St. Marys, with the Rev. Dale L. Mangen officiating. Burial will follow in the Elm Grove Cemetery in St. Marys.
Friends may fall from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Thomas E. Bayliff Funeral Home in Spencerville and after 10 a.m. Saturday at the church.
Memorials are to the Walnut Grove Church.
