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Elizabeth B. Minner Hrupsa
Posted 11/13/07
Elizabeth B. Minner 'Buffy' Hrupsa, 96 FELTON - Elizabeth B. Minner "Buffy" Hrupsa of Felton died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 96. She was born at …
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Elizabeth B. Minner Hrupsa
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Elizabeth B. Minner 'Buffy' Hrupsa, 96
FELTON - Elizabeth B. Minner "Buffy" Hrupsa of Felton died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 96.
She was born at Mastens Corner, the daughter of the late Thomas Jr. and Octavia (Bright) Minner.
Mrs. Hruspa worked with her father at Minners Basket Factory, a bookkeeper and a craftsman, making furniture and also worked on the family farm.
She enjoyed sewing, music and especially family get togethers.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph P. Hrupsa; daughter, Frances Marie Hrupsa in 1937; grandaughter, Thresa Lea Millman; five brothers and two sisters.
Surviviors include seven children, Mathilda Knapp and her husband Lt. Col. Retired Ronald Knapp of Felton, Phyllis Pearson and her husband Donald of Dover, Mary Thresa Allen and her husband Robert of Seaford, Claire Lea Melvin and her husband Alfred, Floyd Hrupsa and his wife Ruth, Bartos Frank Hrupsa and his wife Thelma, Thomas Hrupsa and his wife Barbara, all of Felton; 17 grandchildren, Ronald K. Knapp Jr., Elizabeth Anne Engle, Ruth Marie Lavelle, Mary Adel Knapp, Connie Ivins, Bonnie Yoder, Susan Welch, Rory Trythall, Donna Lynn Morgan, Sylvia Brohawn, Ursula Gardner, Stephen Welch, Holly Demko, Michael Melvin, Bartos Frank Hrupsa Jr., Daniel E. Hrupsa, and Wendy Hrupsa; 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Berry-Short Funeral Home, Main St., Felton, where friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Interment will be in Hopkins Cemetery, Felton.
FELTON - Elizabeth B. Minner "Buffy" Hrupsa of Felton died Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007, in Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, Dover. She was 96.
She was born at Mastens Corner, the daughter of the late Thomas Jr. and Octavia (Bright) Minner.
Mrs. Hruspa worked with her father at Minners Basket Factory, a bookkeeper and a craftsman, making furniture and also worked on the family farm.
She enjoyed sewing, music and especially family get togethers.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Rudolph P. Hrupsa; daughter, Frances Marie Hrupsa in 1937; grandaughter, Thresa Lea Millman; five brothers and two sisters.
Surviviors include seven children, Mathilda Knapp and her husband Lt. Col. Retired Ronald Knapp of Felton, Phyllis Pearson and her husband Donald of Dover, Mary Thresa Allen and her husband Robert of Seaford, Claire Lea Melvin and her husband Alfred, Floyd Hrupsa and his wife Ruth, Bartos Frank Hrupsa and his wife Thelma, Thomas Hrupsa and his wife Barbara, all of Felton; 17 grandchildren, Ronald K. Knapp Jr., Elizabeth Anne Engle, Ruth Marie Lavelle, Mary Adel Knapp, Connie Ivins, Bonnie Yoder, Susan Welch, Rory Trythall, Donna Lynn Morgan, Sylvia Brohawn, Ursula Gardner, Stephen Welch, Holly Demko, Michael Melvin, Bartos Frank Hrupsa Jr., Daniel E. Hrupsa, and Wendy Hrupsa; 20 great-grandchildren.
Funeral Services will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of Berry-Short Funeral Home, Main St., Felton, where friends may call from 7-9 p.m. Friday.
Interment will be in Hopkins Cemetery, Felton.
