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     Steve Szymeczek is the son of Larry Dean Szymeczek and Patricia Ann Graner. Steve Szymeczek married Suzi (?)

     Tom Szymeczek is the son of Larry Dean Szymeczek and Patricia Ann Graner.

     Juanita Teresa Tafoya was born in March 1875 at New Mexico information from 1910 and 1900 New Mexico Census. She was the daughter of Prudencio Vidal Tafoya and Maria Placida Martinez. Juanita Teresa Tafoya also went by the name of Jennie. She married George Struck, son of George David Struck and Maria Josefa Agapita Mondragon, on 7 January 1895 at Taos Co., New Mexico; Marriage record listed for Jorge Struck and Juan Teresa Tafoya.^1,2

     Prudencio Vidal Tafoya was born on 29 April 1841 at San Francisco de Rancho, Taos Co., New Mexico. He married Maria Placida Martinez.

     Christina T. Taliaferro married Mark Allan Sanders, son of Merrill Lyman Sanders and Sharon Jane Warfel, on 8 May 1999.

     Luther Tamplen was born on 4 March 1900 at Texas. He married Eura Mary Miller on 30 September 1923 at Grayson Co., Texas. Luther Tamplen died on 1 March 1954 at age 53.

     Mary Elizabeth Tamplen was born on 22 February 1925 at Margaret, Foard Co., Texas.^1,2,3 She was the daughter of Luther Tamplen and Eura Mary Miller. Mary Elizabeth Tamplen graduated in 1942 at Crowell High School, Crowell, Foard Co., Texas.² She graduated in 1946 at Lubbock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas, Registered Nurse.² She married Lawrence Quinby Rupel, son of Alexis Coquillard Rupel and Mary Elizabeth Drollinger, on 5 September 1946 at Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas. Mary Elizabeth Tamplen graduated circa 1947 at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas. She married Maurice Eugene Rupel, son of Alexis Coquillard Rupel and Mary Elizabeth Drollinger, on 14 April 1952 at Holy Family Catholic Church, Vernon, Wilbarger Co., Texas.⁴ Mary Elizabeth Tamplen lived in August 1978 at Fort Collins, Larimer Co., Colorado. She died on 20 June 2020 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., Oklahoma, at age 95.^3,2


Mary Elizabeth Tamplen Rupel

Mary Rupel, a loving and devoted friend, sister, wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, has been greatly loved by all who have been fortunate to know her. She passed on to the loving arms of her Lord on June 20, 2020 after living a full life dedicated to the Church, her family and all those around her. She was a blessing to everyone she met. Her intelligence, grace and love shone brightly in a heart that was very humble.

Mary Elizabeth Tamplen was born February 22, 1925, in Margaret, Texas, to Luther and Eura Mae Tamplen. Spending most of her childhood on the family farms near Margaret and Crowell, Texas, she was the eldest of five children in a family full of love and service to others. During her sophomore year at Crowell High School, she was Texas Girls State Champion in Declamation.

She graduated from Crowell High School in 1942 and then attended Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. She became a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps and proudly served her country during World War II, graduating from the Lubbock Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in 1946 as a Registered Nurse. She is registered as a member of the Women in Military Service at the America Memorial Foundation in Washington, D.C. During her service as a nurse, she met Lawrence Quinby Rupel, a lieutenant in the United States Army. They married on September 5, 1946 and had two beautiful children, Rosemarie and Larry. However, Mary’s husband, Lawrence, died on November 28, 1948 from leukemia.

A few years later she married Maurice E. Rupel and raised a family of six children in both Texas and Colorado while serving as a volunteer and leader for her Catholic parish and for several organizations including the Girl Scouts, nursing homes and the American Cancer Society.

She is survived by her loving husband of 68 years, Maurice, three daughters and their husbands: Rosemarie and Gary Hirsch, Kay Bloedorn, and Anne and Mark DeMaria, PhD; and her two younger sons and their wives: Patrick and Norma Rupel, and Raymond Rupel, D.O. and Joanne Vitanza, M.D. She is also survived by two sisters, Mildred Speer and Virginia Whatley, ten grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Her parents, two brothers, one son, the Reverend Lawrence Rupel, and two grandsons preceded her in death.“Happy are those who die in the Lord! Happy indeed, the Spirit says! Now they can rest for ever after their work, since their good deeds go with them.” Revelation 14:13.To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary Elizabeth Tamplen Rupel, please visit our flower store.
https://www.oklahomacitycremation.com/obituaries/mary-elizabeth-tamplen-rupel.²


She was buried at Fort Logan National Cemetery, Denver, Colorado.³

     Male Tanner married Donna Rissler, daughter of Wesley Homer Rissler and Helen Dorothy Weidman.¹

     Male Tappen married Alfrieta Twombly before 1881.¹

     Mary Elaine Taubman was born on 31 October 1929 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ She was the daughter of William Edward Taubman and Winifred Brewer. Mary Elaine Taubman married Gordon L. Burton on 16 December 1953 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.¹ Stephen James is their adopted son. Mary Elaine Taubman lived in 1962 at Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts. She died on 26 February 2016 at Merrimack, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, at age 86.

     William Edward Taubman was born on 21 September 1899.¹ He married Winifred Brewer, daughter of Walter S. Brewer and Lucelia Rolfe, on 14 February 1925. William Edward Taubman lived in 1962 at Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York. He died circa May 1976 at Cayuga Heights, Tompkins Co., New York.² His Social Security Number was 072-03-1596 issued in NY.

     Constance Taylert is the daughter of Gerald Taylert and Marilyn Reyna. Constance Taylert married male Personius.

     Gerald Taylert was born on 18 February 1928.¹ He married Marilyn Reyna, daughter of Albert Edward Reyna and Martha Aileen Brewer, on 10 March 1951.² Gerald Taylert died in 1991.³ He was buried at Calvary Cemetery, Ithaca, Tompkins Co., New York.³

     Caroline A. Taylor was born on 17 May 1831 at Ontario, Canada.^1,2 She married Thomas Featherstone.¹ Caroline A. Taylor died on 14 October 1873 at Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota, at age 42.² She was buried at Hope Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.²

     D. Irene Taylor was a Jehovah's Witnesses. She was born on 5 December 1911 at Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of John Lucien Taylor and Mary Catherine Harn. D. Irene Taylor married Solomon Lester Keime on 16 February 1929 at Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois. D. Irene Taylor died on 11 August 2001 at Canton, Fulton Co., Illinois, at age 89.¹ She was buried at Cuba Cemetery, Cuba, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹

     Dale Wayne Taylor was born on 27 April 1919 at Pullman, Whitman Co., Washington.² He married Mary Dorothy Tracey, daughter of Bernard Stanislaus Tracey and Letha Ellen Payne, in 1968.¹ Dale Wayne Taylor died on 21 October 1986 at Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon, at age 67.^1,2 He was buried at Springfield Memorial Gardens, Springfield, Lane Co., Oregon.²

     Emma Lydia Taylor was born on 30 January 1876 at Douglas Twsp., Appanoose Co., Iowa.¹ She married Allen Elwood Pence, son of Peter David Pence and Mary Priscilla Harn, on 23 February 1899 at Centerville, Appanoose Co., Iowa.¹ Emma Lydia Taylor died on 22 August 1962 at Moravia, Appanoose Co., Iowa, at age 86.¹

     Ernest Taylor married Bonita Harn, daughter of Ambrose Clifford Harn Jr. and Doris M. Eckenrode.

     Evelyn Taylor was born on 11 October 1927 at Houston, Harris Co., Texas.¹ She was the daughter of Willis Taylor and Julia P. Perkins. Evelyn Taylor died on 12 December 2003 at age 76.¹ She was buried at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.¹

     SOURCE: Jim Coleman FHL film 1673524, item 14. Ida Taylor married Nathan Frush, son of Elisha Frush and Rachel McClintock, on 12 October 1895 at Elkhart Co., Indiana?.¹

     John Lucien Taylor was a Jehovah's Witnesses. He was born on 5 May 1893 at Fulton Co., Illinois.² He married Mary Catherine Harn, daughter of Lewis Harn and Tena Livingston, on 10 January 1912 at Burlington, Des Moines Co., Iowa. John Lucien Taylor died on 12 November 1990 at age 97.² He was buried at Vermont Cemetery, Vermont, Fulton Co., Illinois.²

     Julia Pease Taylor was born on 27 June 1918.¹ She was the daughter of Willis Taylor and Julia P. Perkins. Julia Pease Taylor died on 28 March 1998 at age 79.¹ She was buried at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.¹

     Male Taylor was the son of John Lucien Taylor and Mary Catherine Harn.

     Mary Lucile Taylor was born on 30 July 1915 at Lewistown, Fulton Co., Illinois.¹ She was the daughter of John Lucien Taylor and Mary Catherine Harn. Mary Lucile Taylor married Paul Gerald Post on 29 June 1935 at Mount Pleasant, Henry Co., Iowa. Mary Lucile Taylor died on 30 January 2014 at Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois, at age 98.¹ She was buried at Glendale Cemetery, Washington, Tazewell Co., Illinois.¹

     Robyn Taylor married Clinton Sanford Wells, son of Beuford Faye Wells and Pearl Pauline Fellows.

     Stacy Taylor married Mary Hollingsworth, daughter of Jehu Hollingsworth and Sevior McDaniel.¹

     OBITUARY: Red Wing Daily Republican Eagle, 18Jan1946, 8:5. Willis Taylor was born on 4 July 1893 at Houston, Harris Co., Texas.¹ He married Julia P. Perkins, daughter of Henry Martin Pease and Jessie Fife, in April 1917. Willis Taylor and Julia P. Perkins were divorced. Willis Taylor died on 4 July 1965 at Houston, Harris Co., Texas, at age 72.¹ He was buried at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery, Houston, Harris Co., Texas.¹

     Allen Teagarden married Martha Ethel Barnhart, daughter of Walter Barnhart and Dora Rose (?), before 1914.

     SOURCE: Mildred Harn letter March 1995. Lindley Edward Teagarden was born on 17 August 1914 at Fayette Co., Pennsylvania. He was the son of Allen Teagarden and Martha Ethel Barnhart. Lindley Edward Teagarden died on 10 August 1949 at Pima Co., Arizona, at age 34.

     Elizabeth Marie Tebeau and Jonah Carl Kurth were engaged in April 2007 at Atlanta, Fulton Co., Georgia.² Elizabeth Marie Tebeau married Jonah Carl Kurth, son of David Lynn Kurth and Ann Alice Kranz, on 17 May 2008 at Charlevoix, Charlevoix Co., Michigan.¹