June Rupp

June Frances (Meadors) Rupp passed away peacefully and was welcomed to heaven on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023, at the Oaks of Belmont where she had been living for the past two years.  

June was born on June 13, 1925, in Grand Rapids, Michigan to John and Priscilla (Scott) Meadors.  She moved to Saginaw in 1935 where she met and married Edgar Robert Rupp on August 26, 1949.  He predeceased her on October 11, 2012, after 63 years of marriage.  They owned and operated The Sanitary Mattress Company in Saginaw, retiring in 1983. 

June was a life-long member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Frankentrost where she held various leadership roles with the Ladies Aid and the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League.   June and her husband, Ed, spent winters in Florida for over 30 years and were associate members of Zion Lutheran Church of Ft. Myers. There she was also very active in the Ladies Guild and volunteered in the church office.  Giving back to others was very important to both June and Ed; and she volunteered with many organizations throughout her retirement years.

Friendships were also very important to June and she made many wherever she went and outlived most of them.  She was the last surviving original member of her “Chatter Chicks” card club as well as her other card club, “The Steering Gear Girls.”  

June is survived by three daughters, Ruth (Joe) Ryan of Grand Rapids, Michigan, Rhonda (Beth Topp) Rupp of Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Becky (Rick) Brettnacher of Georgetown, Texas.  She also is survived by two granddaughters, Alison Brettnacher of O’Fallon, Missouri, and Elizabeth (fiancé Cole Johnson) Brettnacher of Nashville, Tennessee.  She also has four step grandchildren and great grandchildren.  Others include her Sister Audrey Strouf of Manistee, Michigan and Sister-in-law Joanne Reinbold of Frankentrost, Michigan, and several nieces and nephews.  

Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased in 2010 by her son Randy Rupp, two brothers and two sisters. 

Funeral service will take place Saturday, April 15, at 11:00 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 8220 Holland Road, Saginaw, followed by burial at Eastlawn Memorial Garden.  June’s family will receive visitors at Cederberg Funeral Home of Frankenmuth at 590 N. Franklin Street on Friday, April 14 from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the service.  Those planning an expression of sympathy may consider memorials to Zion Lutheran Church, Ft. Myers, FL, Immanuel Lutheran Church, Frankentrost, or to the charity of one’s choice.