Doris McKinney Ruppert

Doris McKinney Ruppert, in her 83rd year, passed away quietly on Thursday, March 15, 2007. Born January 22, 1924 to a furniture manufacturer family in High Point, NC, she was a resident of the New Orleans metropolitan area for 55 years. She was a graduate of Duke University, a former registered nurse for the US Veterans Affairs Administration and former member of Metairie Methodist Church. She was the devoted mother of Joseph Herman Ruppert III of Metairie, Gregory Allen Ruppert (Barbara) of River Ridge; Melissa Ruppert Jessen (Walter) of Lake Charles; Jason Keith Ruppert (Jennifer) of San Jose, CA; and Karl Jacob Ruppert of Many, LA; and grandmother of Dietrich Walter Jessen III and Johanna Ruppert Jessen. She also leaves behind sisters, Irene Pruitt, Juanita McKinney, Margaret Arnold, and Colleen Parrish all of North Carolina. Mrs. Ruppert was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Herman Ruppert Jr., parents, Frank Nathaniel and Louella Wood McKinney; and siblings, Junius, Artwood, Carl and Earl McKinney; Mozelle Howard and Rachel Sykes. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Funeral Service at GREENWOOD FUNERAL HOME (formerly All Faiths Funeral Home) 5200 Canal Blvd., (adjacent to Greenwood Cemetery) on Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in Lake Lawn Park Mausoleum. Visitation will begin at 9:00 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations to National Coalition for Women With Heart Disease (www.womenheart.org). To sign and view the Family Guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.