Margret May Rock Rupp

Margret May Rock Rupp, 77, passed away June 27 at North Valley Hospital with family by her side.

She was born on Nov. 27, 1936 in Whitefish, the youngest of six children to Sylvester (Red) and Mary Marie Gauzer Rock. She attended elementary school and high school in Whitefish.

After school, Margie married her high school sweet heart, James “Pat” Henry Rupp from Columbia Falls. Margie and Pat raised seven children and were married for nearly 59 years.

Family and friends were the most important aspect of life for Margie. She enjoyed spending summers with the Rock clan celebrating family, and the Christmas holidays in West Glacier were it was nothing short of a true live Norman Rockwell painting.

Margie retired from Muldown Elementary School where she loved seeing and being around children. Margie was a social butterfly she loved getting out and visiting friends and being part of the community of Whitefish.

She belonged to a bowling league on Wednesday nights and she also started bowling with the Tuesday bowling housewives.

Margie was very involved in the Winter Carnival as the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the late 1960s and early 70s. She was knighted in 1993 as “Two Queen Mama” after having two of her daughters being crowned Winter Carnival Queens.

Margie was a very active member of the Ladies of the Moose, Ladies of the Kalispell Eagles, Ladies of the V.F.W., The Red Hats Granny’s, and the Happy Valley Water Board. Margie’s favorite pastime was hanging out with her bridge and bingo friends.

Margie was preceded in death by her father and mother, Sylvester and Mary Rock; her brothers, Robert and Walter; her sisters, Alice Shero, Betty Hale and Baby Ruth Rock; her mother and father in- law, James Henry Rupp and Eula Fletcher Rupp Hopper; brother in-law, Warren Kennedy and granddaughter Courtney Rupp.

Margie is survived by her husband James “Pat” Rupp of Whitefish; her children, Jim Rupp (Laurie) of Boise, Idaho, Bob Rupp (Gerri) of Columbia Falls, Linda Hale (Wayne) Selah, Washington, Susan Haag (Steven) of Malta, Tom Rupp of Kalispell, Donn Rupp of Boston, and Deanna Kelly (Dan) of Whitefish. Additionally, 15 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. Not to forget numerous nieces and nephews.

Celebration of life will be held on Aug. 16 at 1 p.m. at the Moose Lodge. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to the Moose lodge for the Moose Hearts (Moose kids).