RUPP, ALFRED, LIFELONG RESIDENT OF CHAMPION, ALBERTA PASSED AWAY APRIL 12, 1995 AT LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA AT THE AGE OF 67 YEARS.
ALF WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 2, 1927 TO DAVID AND ANN MARIE RUPP AND WAS RAISED WITH HIS TWO SISTERS ON THE FAMILY FARM EAST OF CHAMPION. ALF RECEIVED HIS FORMAL EDUCATION AT SANDERSON SCHOOL, HARMONY SCHOOL AND CALGARY TECH.
ON OCTOBER 30, 1948, ALFRED MARRIED GLORIA GATENBY OF CHAMPION AND OVER THE YEARS THEIR FAMILY GREW TO INCLUDE THREE SONS, JIM, DALE AND GORDON.
ALFRED WAS A VERY COMMUNITY MINDED PERSON AND THIS IS ATTESTED TO BY THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS AND ASSOCIATIONS HE WAS INVOLVED WITH: THE HARMONY TELEPHONE LINE, THE CHAMPION HALL BOARD, THE LIONS CLUB, THE RECREATION BOARD, THE RURAL FIRE ASSOCIATION, THE CHAMPION LEGION, AND THE MOST RECENT INCLUDED THE MINE ROAD WATER CO-OP, THE CHAMPION PIONEER CLUB AND THE SOUTHERN ALBERTA ANTIQUE AUTO CLUB.
ALF WAS AN AVID SPORTS PARTICIPANT IN CURLING AND BASEBALL. AS A SPORTS FAN, A FAVORITE PASTIME WAS TO FOLLOW THE RODEO CIRCUIT. ALF ENJOYED MANY TRIPS WITH EDDIE LEBSACK TO THE NATIONAL FINALS RODEO IN LAS VEGAS. ANOTHER SPECIAL HOBBY WAS HIS LOVE OF ANTIQUE CARS AND ALF ENJOYED ATTENDING MANY ANTIQUE CAR CLUB FUNCTIONS THROUGHOUT ALBERTA.
ALF REALLY ENJOYED FARMING AND WORKING WITH HIS CATTLE. HIS METICULOUS FARMING PRACTICES WERE GREATLY ADMIRED BY HIS NEIGHBOURS AND HIS WISDOM AND ADVICE WERE HELD IN HIGH ESTEEM.
IN THE FALL OF 1992, ALF AND GLORIA MOVED INTO CHAMPION DUE TO ALF’S ILLNESS. HIS DAILY VISITS TO THE FARM TO HELP WITH THE WORK WERE LOOKED FORWARD TO BY ALF AND HIS LITTLE GRANDDAUGHTERS, WHO SPENT MUCH TIME RIDING AROUND IN GRANDPA’S TRUCK.
ALF WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY MANY FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND MOST OF ALL, BY THE FAMILY MEMBERS HE HAS LEFT BEHIND; HIS WIFE GLORIA, THEIR CHILDREN JIM (TRUDY) OF BONNEYVILLE, DALE (LOUISE) OF CHAMPION AND GORDON (ANN) OF CHAMPION, NINE GRANDCHILDREN – CHRIS, TERRY, BRAD, GRANT, MELISSA, AMY, ALEXANDRA, KENNEDY AND SAMANTHA, HIS MOTHER ANNE MARIE RUPP, TWO SISTERS EMMA (FRED) HILDEBRANDT OF CHESTERMERE AND ELLA (IAN) WALKER OF CALGARY, AND SEVERAL AUNTS, COUSINS, NIECES AND NEPHEWS. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS FATHER DAVID IN 1982.
FUNERAL SERVICE SATURDAY APRIL 15, 1995 AT 3 P.M. AT EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH, CHAMPION WITH PASTOR KEITH BLACKMORE OFFICIATING.
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