Aleta Rupper Obituary (1937

Aleta P. Rupper, our beautiful and loving wife, mother, and grandmother passed away on July 23, 2011. Aleta was born on June 30, 1937 to Evan and Lola Pryde in Biggs, California. At the tender age of 9 her mother passed away. Two years later she gained a mother, brother and sister when her father married Melba. She met Robert M. Rupper at a church dance in Sacramento and they were soon married on December 16, 1955 in the Salt Lake Temple. Over the next 16 years they had four boys and four girls. Aleta served in numerous Church callings, as a temple worker, and in many other ways served others. She also served with her husband on two LDS missions. She managed Rupper Apartments and handled the accounting for her husbands’ dental practice. She is survived by her husband, Robert, mother, Melba Pryde, brother, Gene Oxley, sister, Vivian Lawton, and eight children: Ron (Lorraine), Ken (Nancy), Janet (Dave) Gardner, Joyce (Gary) Johnson, Todd, Cinda (Mark) Parratt, Greg (Angie), and Debbie (Hank) Baskin and 16 grandchildren. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. in the Edgemont 3rd Ward Chapel, 2950 North Canyon Road, Provo. Friends may call on the family Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 at the Berg Mortuary, 185 East Center Street, Provo and at the church on Wednesday morning from 9:30 until 10:45. Interment will follow in the Provo City Cemetery. Condolences may be sent to the family through www.bergmortuary.com.