Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Douple, Rufus W. December 2007 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sharon S. Miller shabodeho@aol.com January 4, 2008, 6:11 pm Lebanon Daily News on 12/20/2007 Douple, Rufus W. RUFUS W. DOUPLE EPHRATA Rufus W. Douple, formerly of Ephrata passed away on Tuesday at Brethren Village. He was 91 years old. Born in Myerstown, he was the son of the late Jacob and Sally (Gibble) Douple and the husband of the late Ruth (Royer) Douple. Rufus graduated from Myerstown High School and attended Elizabethtown College, graduating in 1942. He retired in 1980 from the business he founded, the Douple Agency in Ephrata. He had also worked for the York Corporation, E.T. Line, Denver, and Ephrata Telephone Co. and the Ephrata Review in accounting. Rufus was a member of the Ephrata Church of the Brethren. Surviving are a daughter, Martha, wife of Dennis Shaak, Schaefferstown; a son, Kent, husband of Sarah Eby, Ephrata; two granddaughters, Rachel and Beth; a grandson, Steven; and a great-grandson, Joshua. Additional survivors include a brother, Stanley Douple; and two sisters, Mae McCaskey and Jean Matthew. Rufus was predeceased by three sisters. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral on Friday at 10 a.m. Viewing 9-10 a.m. in the chapel at Brethren Village, 3001 Lititz Pike, Lancaster, PA 17606-5093. Interment in Fairview Cemetery, Denver. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Rufus' memory may be made to the Brethren Village Benevolence Fund This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb