Jo-Lou (Meitzen) Gaupp

1927 - 2023

Jo-Lou (Meitzen) Gaupp obituary, 1927-2023, Arlington, TX

Jo-Lou (Meitzen) Gaupp

1927 - 2023

BORN

1927

DIED

2023

Jo-Lou Gaupp Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from Mar. 5 to Mar. 19, 2023.
June 13, 1927 - February 26, 2023 Arlington, TX - Jo-Lou (Meitzen) Gaupp passed away peacefully on February 26, 2023, in Arlington, Texas at the age of 95. She was born in Live Oak, Florida, to Ernest and Lillie (Carson) Meitzen.

Jo-Lou graduated with a degree in Vocal Music from Southwestern University in Georgetown, Texas, where she met and married Peter George Gaupp. They raised two children, Robin June and Andrew Christopher. Before working as a homemaker and community volunteer, Jo-Lou taught music in the Dickinson, Texas, I.S.D., served as a secretary in Austin, and legal secretary in Georgetown and Beaumont.

Jo-Lou is survived by her husband Dr. Peter George Gaupp, daughter Robin Gaupp, son Andrew Gaupp, daughters-in-law Gloria Birkholz and Natalie Gaupp, grandson Jonathan Birkholz, granddaughter-in-law Elizabeth Prince, granddaughters, Marilyn Gaupp and Ella Gaupp, as well as many other greatly loved family members.

A memorial service for Jo-Lou Gaupp will be held on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at 2:00 P.M. at First Congregational Church, 4201 Trail Lake Drive, Fort Worth, TX .

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