Nicholas Henry Kupferle Jr.

Nicholas Henry Kupferle Jr., 85, of Fort Worth died Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, in Fort Worth.Funeral service will be 2 p.m. today in the sanctuary of Arlington Heights Methodist Church, where he preached his first sermon at 16 years of age. Dr. Jerry Chism and Dr. John Fielder will officiate. Interment will be held at Greenwood Memorial Park.Pallbearers will be Larry Avery, Bill Kolstad, Lee Overstreet, Ronald Smith, Larry Stewart and Harry Templeton.His memory may be honored with a gift to the Doris Kupferle Breast Center, in care of Harris Methodist Health Foundation, 6100 Western Place, Suite 1001, Fort Worth, TX 76107.Nick H. Kupferle Jr. was born Aug. 21, 1922, in Little Rock, Ark., to Nicholas Henry Kupferle Sr. and Annie Maude Harris.He moved with his family to Fort Worth when he was 2 years old.Affectionately called “Brother Nick,” Dr. Kupferle was a graduate of Arlington Heights High School, Texas Wesleyan College and Perkins School of Theology where he received bachelor of divinity and master of arts degrees.He did his Ph.D. studies at Drew University. His ministries included Matthews Memorial, Arlington Heights, St. John’s, Handley and University United Methodist churches in Fort Worth, and First Methodist, Morristown, N.J., Austin Avenue Methodist in Waco, First Methodist in Corsicana and First Methodist in Bangs.He served at assistant to the president at Southwestern University and in the last 26 years of his active life, this gifted fund raiser was senior vice president of development for the Harris Methodist Health System.He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Gene Kupferle.Survivors include his sons, Nick H. Kupferle III and his wife, Glenda, and Holt Kupferle; and grandsons, Nicholas IV and Christopher.Arrangements by Thompson’s Harveson and Cole Funeral Home and Crematory, Fort Worth. ∞