- Name
- Joe Rupert
- Position
- Center
- Class
- Sophomore
- Hometown (Last School)
- Catlettsburg, KY (High)
- Ht
- 6'1"
- Wt
- 180
- Seasons
- 1932-33
- Birthday
- July 24, 1912
Obituary – Joe Frank Rupert, Sarasota (FL) Herald-Tribune (February 7, 1996)
Joe Frank Rupert, 83, Venice, died Feb. 5, 1996.
He was born July 24, 1912, in Van Lear, Ky. The chairman of the board of Rupert-Hager-Crowell Agency in Ashland, he retired in 1984. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he was a Navy veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Willena Gunnell; two sons, Tom of Ashland and George of Fort Myers; a sister, June R. Whitaker of Lynchburg, Va.; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
There will be no services. Ewing Funeral Home is in charge.
