Adilene Rupp

Obituary



Adilene Joy (Bolen) Rupp, age 83, of Brighton, Colorado passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 at Avamere Transitional Care Facility. She was born April 27, 1936 in Sharon Springs, Kansas to Addison Bolen and Zella (Huffman) Bolen Dorzweiler. Following her fathers death when she was a baby, her mother remarried Edwin Dorzweiler who raised her as her dad.

She married Francis Rupp on August 18, 1953 in Ellis, Kansas. She loved to cook and after raising five children worked as a cook for the Jefferson County Schools. After Francis passed away she worked in North Platte, Nebraska as a cook at an Assisted Living Facility. She moved to Colorado to be closer to her children and grandchildren and continued working as a cook at Furrs Cafeteria until she retired. She also loved to sew, sewing many outfits for her grandchildren. She was an avid reader and loved to read many books.

Addy, as she was known in the nursing home is survived by her children Kathy Hawkins (Chuck Camp), Annette Settle (Tom), Edwin Rupp (Carole) and John Rupp. Two sisters, Mary Grayham of Tucson, AZ, Judy Stricker (Larry) of Richmond, VA, and one brother Mike Dorzweiler (Karla) of North Platte, NE. Her grandchildren were the joy of her life, Jenny Saville (Theron), Angela Hawkins, Jessi Cundiff (Russ), Wendy Tucker (Jay), David Camp (Rachel), Brandi Neihoff (Chris), Trey Settle (Shawn), Sandy Brogdon and Nikki Blair (Justin). She had 18 great-grandchildren and 8 great-great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, son Raymond Rupp and his wife Lynn, grandchildren Tony Rupp, Jared Hawkins, and Janice Hawkins, and sisters Dolores Jean Kroeger and Irene Walker.

Funeral services will be held on August 24 at St. Marys Church in Ellis, Kansas with a rosary at 9 am and Mass at 10 am, followed by burial at St. Marys Cemetery. Arrangements in care of Keithley Funeral Chapel 400 E. 17th Ellis, KS 67637.

We (her children) wish to express our deepest gratitude to all those who took care of mom over the past several years at both Inglenook Assisted Living and Avamere Transitional Care Facility.

















Services







Recitation of the Rosary Saturday

August 24, 2019

9:00 AM

St. Mary's Catholic Church

703 Monroe

Ellis, Kansas 67637









Funeral Mass Saturday

August 24, 2019

10:00 AM

St. Mary's Catholic Church

703 Monroe

Ellis, Kansas 67637