Barbara Josephine Rupert, 84, of Dalton, GA, passed away on Friday, July 25, 2014 at her home.
Barbara was born March 6, 1930 in Wisconsin, the youngest of 16 children. Barbara was a graduate of Wilson Central High School in Wilson, New York. She worked in food service most of her life and at one time owned “Barb’s Country Kitchen” in Tunnel Hill, GA, worked many years at the Cherokee Restaurant and later at the Kroger Deli on Cleveland Hwy. She was an excellent seamstress and loved to quilt. She was a member of Maple Grove Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her daughters, Donna Roberson and Melanie Rupert.
She is survived by her husband, Frank Rupert; daughters, Jody and Marty Feldy and Anita Graves of Springfield, MO, Ella Mae Rupert of San Diego, CA, Patricia Boyd of Ridgecrest, CA and Cynthia Hice of Chattanooga, TN; sons, Robert Rupert of Clearfield, UT and Terry Rupert of Springfield, MO; special grandchildren, Laura Burke, Jonita Mouzon and Jeremy Benzinger; and many other grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews.
Services to celebrate the life of Mrs. Barbara Josephine Rupert will be held Tuesday, July 29, at 11 a.m. at Maple Grove Baptist Church (347 Maple Grove Road, Dalton, GA) with Reverend Tony Robertson officiating. She will be laid to rest at the church cemetery with Jeremy Benzinger, Terry Rupert, Quinton Hickman, Brandan Hickman, Corey Burke and Drew Morgan serving as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends at Ponders Melrose Chapel from 5-9 p.m. Monday, July 28 and after 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 29 at the church until the service hour.
Ponders Funeral Home has charge of the arrangements.