Des Moines
Shirley B. Ruppert, 87, passed away on Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at Iowa Methodist Medical Center in Des Moines. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, August 5, 2014 at the West Des Moines United Methodist Church, of which she was a member. Private entombment was held at Resthaven Mausoleum in West Des Moines.
Shirley was born in 1927 in southern Iowa on a farm to Fred and Istia (Norton) Duckett. She graduated from Fontanelle High School in 1944 and Simpson College in 1948 with a music degree. Shirley taught music for 36 years, 30 of which was with the West Des Moines School District. She had a clothing booth at the Downtown Farmer’s Market and the Iowa State Fair for over 20 years and she enjoyed walking with her friends at the mall. Shirley was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon and Delta Zeta Sorority. She met her husband Veryl in Casey, IA and married in 1954. They were both judges in the Rose Society and had a home in Mesa, AZ for the past 25 years.
Shirley is survived by her son, Brad (Sundie) Ruppert of Norwalk; daughter, Lyn (Steve) Winburn of Kansas City, MO; four grandchildren, Lauren (Kris) Carpenter, Chris (Brittany) Winburn, Tucker Ruppert and Lucia Ruppert and one great-granddaughter, Kendall Carpenter. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Veryl Ruppert and brother, Warren Duckett.
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