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Frances
A. Ruppenthal
Frances Ada
Ruppenthal, age 96, of Berkeley Springs, WV, died on Monday,
January 23, 2012 at Envoy of Winchester.
Born October 2,
1915 in Morgan County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene
Viola and Odessa Lena Miller Henry.
She was a member
of First United Methodist Church and the George P. Hott Sunday
School class. She attended Bath District High School.
Frances had worked
seasonally at local canneries and at the late Virgil
Ruppenthal’s confectionary store, where she met her husband,
which had been located at the site of the Fairfax Restaurant.
She also worked the election polls at Berkeley Springs High
School and painted portaits at Ruppenthal’s Studio and Camera
Shop. She had been a homemaker in recent years.
Mrs. Ruppenthal is
survived by two sons, Henry Martin Ruppenthal III and wife Jean
of Wheeling, WV and Virgil Harold Ruppenthal and wife BJ of
Berkeley Springs; two daughters, Ronnie Sue Childers and husband
Raymond of Berkeley Springs and Judith Ann Young and husband
David of Winchester, VA; 13 grandchildren, Henry Martin
Ruppenthal IV of Martinsburg, Brian Keith Ruppenthal of
Cincinnati, OH, Beverly Ann Buzzerd of Largent, WV, Michael Todd
Ruppenthal of Berkeley Springs, Lisa Francine Shufflebarger of
Westborough, MA, Raymond Paul David Childers, Jr. of
Martinsburg, Kathy Young Alonso of Coral Springs, FL, Stephen
David Young of Stephens City, VA, Ronald Edward Frye, Jr., SGT,
USA, ret., of Buckhannon, WV, Julie Desiree Winemiller of
Buckhannon, WV, Lindsay Frances Harman of Sutton, WV, Kevin Joe
Ridgeway of Hagerstown, MD and Connie Rae Willey of Berkeley
Springs, WV; 31 great-grandchildren; 11
great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her
parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Henry Martin
Ruppenthal, Jr. on February 5, 1986; one sister, Ruth Miller;
one brother, William Brady Henry; one grandchild, Brian Keith
Ridgeway and three great-grandchildren, Courtney Young,
Gabrielle Young and Lindsay Laine Buzzerd.
Funeral services
will be conducted at 11 a.m. on Friday, January 27, 2012 at
Helsley-Johnson Funeral Home & Cremation Center, 95 Union
Street, Berkeley Springs, with the Rev. Andrew Cooney
officiating. Interment will be at Greenway Cemetery.
The family will
receive friends from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday at the funeral home
which will be open from 11 a.m.-8 p.m. for the convenience of
family and friends.
In lieu of
flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the George P.
Hott Sunday School Class, 49 S. Green Street, Berkeley Springs,
WV 25411.
--Morgan Messenger, January 27,
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