U.S. navy
Hij is getrouwd met Vera Joyce Hoek.
Zij zijn getrouwd op 12 november 1955 te fortasse, somewhere, Verenigde Staten , hij was toen 22 jaar oud.
Melvin Kenneth Kuper oo Vera Joyce Hoek
Marriage sources: Author: Hull, La Rie, Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI)
Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD.
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Melvin Kenneth Kuper
Sources: Author: Hull, LaRie; Title: Kuper GEDCOM file, (Publication site: Fergus Fls., MN, Publisher: LH, Publication date: xv Feb MCMXCVI) for name, dob.
Mrs. Hull cites her source: Mrs. Doris Bent Bousfield, Lennox, SD. ...
Title: The History of Lincoln County South Dakota, (Publication site: Canton, SD, Publisher: The Lincoln Co. History Comm., Publication date: MCMLXXXV), pg. 523, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
Author: Knock Marvin; Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Sioux Fls., SD, Publisher: MK, Publication date: xv Mar MMV)
"Harvey L. Hoek, Maple Grove, MN - 03/15/05 Maple Grove, MN - Harvey L. Hoek, age 63, of Maple Grove, MN, ...
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He is survived by ... 2 sisters and brothers-in-law, ... and Vera and Mel Kuper of Illinois ..."
Melvin & Vera are first cousins once removed.
Author: Ross, J. Edward; Title: "Melvin Kenneth Kuper," (Publication site: Elwood, IL, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: ii Sept MMXIV)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135315408/melvin-kenneth-kuper
"Photo [Melvin's military-style stone] added by J. Edward Ross
Melvin Kenneth Kuper Birth 15 Mar 1933 Death 23 Aug 2014 (aged 81) Burial Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery Elwood, Will County, Illinois, USA Plot Section 6B Site 810 Memorial ID 135315408
Chicago Tribune (IL) - Tuesday, August 26, 2014
Melvin K. Kuper, age 81 passed away Saturday August 23, 2014 at Joliet Area Community Hospice Home, late of Romeoville, formerly of Addison.
Veteran of the Korean War serving US Navy 1951 to 1955. He was retired from American Airlines and the Village of Addison.
He is survived by his loving wife Vera Kuper; children Renae (Rick) Piquard, Deborah (Tom) Hand, Cynthia (Scott) Sliwinski, Kevin (Juliane Nelson) Kuper and Kent (Martha) Kuper; siblings Gary (Eloise) Kuper, Myron (Sue) Kuper and Beverly Hansen, also 10 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Preceded in death by his parents Jerry and Marian Kuper; brother Vernon Kuper; sister Frances Meinders Severs and a grandson.
Visitation Thursday 3 to 8 p.m. at the Anderson Memorial Home, 21131 W. Renwick Rd. in Crest Hill.
Funeral Friday August 29, 2014 where he will lie in state from 8:30 am until the time of service 9:30 am at Plainfield Congregational (UCC), 24020 W. Fraser Rd. in Plainfield (www.plainfielducc.org).
Interment to follow, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood.
www.andersonmemorialhomes.com (815) 577-5250
Parents
Jerry M Kuper 1908-1999
[photo-woman] Marian Grace Aukes Kuper 1914-1984
Siblings
[photo-stone shared with Harold W. Meinders] Frances J. Kuper Meinders 1931-2012
Vernon Delmar Kuper 1934-1982
[photo-unnamed daug. Kuper] Infant Daughter Kuper 1947-1947
Created by: J. Edward Ross Added: 2 Sep 2014 Find A Grave Memorial 135315408"
Chiseled on his stone: "[a cross] MELVIN K KUPER AD3 US NAVY KOREA MAR 15 1933 AUG 23 2014 PSALM 23"
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/melvin-kuper-obituary?id=2682527
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