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Charlie
Cupp MARSHALLTOWN
— Charlie Cupp, 74, of Marshalltown, formerly of Newton, died of congestive
heart failure Monday, Nov. 26, at the Iowa Veteran's Home in Marshalltown.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at Pence Funeral Home in Newton
with the Rev. David Rex officiating. Burial will be at Metz Cemetery in rural
Newton. Friends may call after 8 a.m Friday at the funeral home where family
will be available from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials will be accepted to the V.F.W.
Newton Post #1655. The
son of the Rev. Fred and Mary Bell Cousey Cupp, he was born Feb. 23, 1927, in
Whitney, Texas. On July 19, 1947, he married Evelyn J. McGee in Ballinger,
Texas. He also lived in Taylor, Texas, and Hillsboro, Texas, and moved to Newton
in 1948. Mr. Cupp worked as a machine operator and forklift driver for the
Maytag Corporation, retiring in May 1985. He was a member of V.F.W. Nestor Post
# 1655, U.A.W. Retirees Union Local 997 and served in the Pacific Theatre of the
United States Army during World War II. Survivors
include a son, Charles Cupp of Des Moines, two daughters, Shellie Cupp-Jones and
Lorrie Cupp, both of Newton, eight grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, 10
step-grandchildren, 10 step-great-grandchildren, four sisters and two
brothers-in-law, Dora Shields of Oxnard, Calif., O’Letha and Jack Campbell of
Odessa, Texas, Ruth Williams of Hobbs, N.M., Genia Mae and Jerry Caldwell of
Monahan, Texas, and two sisters in-law, Mary Jo Cupp of Brownwood, Texas, and
Violet Cupp of Arab, Texas. He
was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a daughter and five brothers. Newton Daily News, Newton, IA, November 29, 2001. |
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