Brief Life History of Carl Lewis
When Carl Lewis Ruppel was born on 11 March 1914, in York, Nebraska, United States, his father, Lewis Frederick Ruppel Jr, was 34 and his mother, Ethel Elvira Strohl, was 27. He married Leona Mae Fleming on 16 April 1940, in Custer, Nebraska, United States. He lived in Madison Square Township, Loup, Nebraska, United States for about 20 years and Denver, Colorado, United States in 1998. He died on 5 December 2002, in Arvada, Jefferson, Colorado, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Madison Square Cemetery, Taylor, Loup, Nebraska, United States.
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- Carl L Ruppel, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Carl Lewis Ruppel - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Carl Lewis Ruppel
- MARRIAGE: Carl Lewis Ruppel and Leona Mae Fleming 16 April 1940
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South German (also Rüppel): from a pet form of Rupprecht . Compare Rupel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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