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Linda Ruppelt
In Memory of
Linda Lea
Ruppelt
1946 - 2017
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Bill and Betsy Fisher

Words seem inadequate to express the sadness we feel about losing Linda, a dear friend. Our heartfelt condolences go out to Alan, Sara and family. I met Linda at Lincoln High School in Manitowoc, Wisconsin when she was dating one of my best friends Alan. I often remember the times she would drive by my house, honk, and then drive around the block, hoping that I would be waiting outside to talk. (She would never come into my house.) She and Alan were having a “scruffle” and she just wanted someone to talk to; so talk we would, about anything and everything, sometimes for hours. I would like to believe that our talks had something to do with them staying together throughout all these years; but that would not be true. Linda was such a positive upbeat person that no little disagreement between Alan and her was going to get in the way of their love. Reflecting back, I believe their disputes were just a product of all of us trying to understand the turmoil of the times, with the murder of a President and a very unsettling Vietnam war. I don’t think any of their disagreements came the fact that Alan (and I) always smelled like gas and oil (from working at his father’s gasoline station) or the grease under his fingernails (from all the time spent working on his “40 Ford). After high school we all went our separate ways, but we kept in touch. Trying to keep up with all their moves was difficult but Linda accepted them, whether for Alan’s career or for family care with the same cheerful way she accepted everything. I don’t think her beautiful smile ever left her face. After their move to the Houston area, we had the opportunity to have dinner with Alan and Linda once a year when Betsy and I were in the area. It was as if we were all back in high school, laughing, teasing and sharing the stories of our families and how we still felt close even though we lived thousands of miles apart. Linda is no longer with us, but her bright, sensitive, joyful spirit will be with us forever.
Monday February 13, 2017 at 12:06 pm
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