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WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Marie Flaming Rupp, a writer and former longtime resident of Moundridge, Kan., believed to be one of the country's oldest survivors of polio, died Dec. 26. She was 97. | WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Marie Flaming Rupp, a writer and former longtime resident of Moundridge, Kan., believed to be one of the country's oldest survivors of polio, died Dec. 26. She was 97. | ||
She wrote for Kansas newspapers, including ''Mennonite Weekly Review,'' while raising two children, providing extra income for the farm family. Her stories often features ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. She studied journalism by correspondence from the University of Kansas. | |||
Her struggle with poio began in 1911 at the age of 2. Her parents — Peter Flaming, minister of Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church at Inman for 60 years, and his wife, Agnetha — took her by horse and buggy to rub doctors to see if they could get her to walk. | |||
Revision as of 14:57, 23 February 2011
Newton Kansan obituary: 2005 Dec 31 p. 2
Birth date: 1909
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Jan 9 p. 11
text of obituary:
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Marie Flaming Rupp, a writer and former longtime resident of Moundridge, Kan., believed to be one of the country's oldest survivors of polio, died Dec. 26. She was 97.
She wrote for Kansas newspapers, including Mennonite Weekly Review, while raising two children, providing extra income for the farm family. Her stories often features ordinary people with extraordinary abilities. She studied journalism by correspondence from the University of Kansas.
Her struggle with poio began in 1911 at the age of 2. Her parents — Peter Flaming, minister of Hoffnungsau Mennonite Church at Inman for 60 years, and his wife, Agnetha — took her by horse and buggy to rub doctors to see if they could get her to walk.