Margret Rupp

Margret May Rock Rupp, 77, passed away June 27, 2014, at North Valley Hospital with her family by her side.

She was born Nov. 27, 1936, in Whitefish, the youngest of six children, to Sylvester “Red” and Mary Marie Gauzer Rock. She attended Whitefish elementary and high schools.

Margie married her high school sweetheart, James “Pat” Henry Rupp from Columbia Falls. They 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, where it was nothing short of a true life Norman Rockwell painting.

Margie was very involved in the Winter Carnival as the original Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. She was knighted in 1993 as “Two Queen Mama” after two of her daughters were crowned Winter Carnival queens.

She 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 Grannies, and the Happy Valley Water board. Margie’s favorite pastime was hanging out with her bridge and bingo friends.

Margie is survived by her husband James, of Whitefish; children Jim Rupp and wife Laurie, of Boise, Idaho, Bob Rupp and wife Gerri, of Columbia Falls, Linda Hale and husband Wayne, of Selah, Wash., Susan Haag and husband Steven, of Malta, Tom Rupp, of Kalispell, Donn Rupp, of Boston, and Deanna Kelly and husband Dan, of Whitefish;15 grandchildren; 12 great grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held at the Moose Lodge in Whitefish on Aug. 16, 2014, at 1 p.m.

The family asks that in lieu of flowers, donations be sent to the Moose Lodge for the Moose Hearts (Moose kids).