Individual Details

Edna Snider Rupe

(5 Dec 1917 - 6 Dec 2002)

Oakley Graphic, Oakley, Kansas, Dec. 11, 2002: Edna Snider Rupe Thomas, 85, Meriden, died on Friday, December 6, 2002 at Topeka Care Center. She was born on December 5, 1917 at Hoburg, MO to Raymond and Ella (Snider) Rupe. She was a linotype operator for several Kansas town weeklies, joining the Topeka Capital as a linotype operator, later becoming a proof-reader. She received her 25 year pin and worked 30 years before retiring in 1982. She married Alfred Thomas Friday, September 13, 1935 at Lyndon. She was preceded in death by an infant son Jaewyn M. Thomas, her parents and two sisters. Survivors include her husband of the home; daughters Cherrie Clark and husband Robert of Oakley, Cista Leonard and husband Alan of Anaheim, CA; sons: Carl Thomas and wife Marlys of Omaha, NE, and Rockey Thomas and wife Sharon of Benton Harbor, MI; 15 grandchildren and 27 great-grandchildren. Funeral service was held at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, December 11 at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka. Burial followed in Meriden Cemetery at Meriden in Jefferson County.

Events

Birth5 Dec 1917Hoburg, Lawrence Co., Missouri
Birth1918Missouri
Residence1920Sugar Creek, Benton Co., Arkansas
Residence1930Corsicana, Barry Co., Missouri
ResidenceBet 1935 and 1993Meriden, Jefferson Co., Kansas
Marriage13 Sep 1935Lyndon, Osage Co., Kansas - Alfred Madison George Thomas
Death6 Dec 2002Topeka, Shawnee Co., Kansas
Death6 Dec 2002Meriden, Jefferson Co., Kansas
Alt nameEdna S Rupe
BurialMeriden Cemetery, Meriden, Jefferson Co., Kansas

Families

SpouseAlfred Madison George Thomas (1915 - 2005)
ChildCarl Thomas ( - )
ChildRockey Thomas ( - )
ChildCherrie Thomas ( - )
ChildCista Thomas ( - )
ChildJaewyn M Thomas ( - )
FatherRaymond Shockley Rupe (1877 - 1929)
MotherElla E Snider (1885 - 1964)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

3. 1920 Census Benton Co., Arkansas.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Obituary of Alfred Madison George Thomas, Topeka Capital-Journal, Topeka, Kansas, May 11, 2005.

8. Obituary of Edna Snider Rupe Thomas, Oakley Graphic, Oakley, Kansas, Dec. 11, 2002.

9. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

10. Find A Grave.

11. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

12. 1920 Census Benton Co., Arkansas.

13. Find A Grave.