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August 15, 2012 |
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Catherine Rupper celebrates 100th birthday | celebrates century mark |
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By JoAnn Biren
Murray County News Staffwriter
Growing older can be a burden or you can look at what God has gifted you with and be satisfied that your life was well lived. Catherine Ruppert is one of the lucky ones who can look back over the past 100 years and say, 'It wasn't that bad.'
It was hard work, a lot of hard work, she said matter of factly. As if to say, someone had to do it, why not her? Catherine Ruppert was born on August 14, 1912 on the farm her parents, Theodore and Victoria lived on southwest of Iona, Minnesota.She attended St. Columba school in Iona, leaving after the eighth grade because, as she describes it, I was needed at home. Family was important to Catherine and she would end up taking care of her father for many years. To read the rest of this article - pick up a copy of the Murray County News or you can read it on line - subscriptions to The Murray County News are available online. Click on the free demo and it will give you instructions on how to subscribe for the online edition. |
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