Roupp, Frank G. (1882-1956)

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 DIED SUNDAY AT HOME IN FALL RIVER

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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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 May 24 p. 6

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— A number of out-of-state relatives and friends attended the Frank G. Roupp funeral at the new Hesston College Mennonite church Wednesday afternoon, May 16. Messages were brought by Roy D. Roth, president of Hesston College, Ivan Lind, pastor of the church, and Earl Buckwalter, pastor of the Pennsylvania Mennonite church. The Hesston Collegiate Choir and a men's quartet sang. Seldom does it happen that the first funeral in a new church is that of its builder, as was the case with Bro. Roupp. The construction of the beautiful building was under his supervision, although actual work was in charge of his son Paul. Bro. Roupp also passed away on the day (May13) when the Hesston congregation held it first service in the new church. He was not born at Hesston, as was reported by the Review last week, but at Freeman, S. D.

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1956 Jun 7 p. 8