Roupp, Frank G. (1882-1956)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 May 17 p. 1

Birth date: 1882

text of obituary:

Well Known Builder Called Away In Death

Frank G. Roupp, 74, widely known builder, died at his home in Fall River, Kan. Sunday evening of heart attack. Mr. Roupp had suffered an initial attack about a year ago but made a good recovery and was able to again continue his work.

Although living in Fall River, Mr. Roupp was a member of the Pennsylvania Mennonite church at Hesston, where he was born and grew to manhood. He followed the carpenter trade and soon was much in demand as an expert builder. As monuments of his work are such recent structures as Hess Hall and the J. D. Charles Science Hall at Hesston college, the First Mennonite Church of Christian, Moundridge, Prairie View Hospital, the Bethel Clinic, the Methodist Children's Home chapel, educational wing of the First Baptist church, the remodeled section of the Bethel Deaconess Hospital and the remodeled book store and Review office of the Herald Publishing Co., all in Newton.

He is survived by his widow, Dora Hess Roupp; four sons, John Edward, Denver, Colo., Walter Roy, Edwardsburg, Mich., Paul E., Hesston, Carl Willard, Fall River; two daughters, Mrs. Roy Allison, concord, Calif., and Mrs. Raymond Ecton, Fall River.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:30 p.m. in the new Hesston College Mennonite church, with Rev. Earl Buckwalter and Rev. Ivan Lind officiating. Burial took place in the Pennsylvania church cemetery.

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