Kathryn O. "Kate" Ruppenthal

Kathryn O. “Kate” Ruppenthal, 72, of Dover, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, Mar. 18, 2007.

Born Mar. 3, 1935, in Mount Vernon, she was a daughter of the late Rev. Stanley Tippett and Hazel Totman Tippett. Kate graduated from Kinsman High School, and, on Jul. 18, 1953, married Donald E. Ruppenthal. The couple relocated that same year to Tuscarawas County. Kate was employed by the General Electric Co. at Dover, but first and foremost, she was a homemaker - a loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister. She enjoyed gardening and cooking, and giving hugs to family and friends. She was a good person and a good neighbor. Kate was a member of the First United Methodist Church at Dover.

Survivors include her husband, Don; a son, Donald (wife, Cheryl) Ruppenthal, Jr. of North Canton; two granddaughters, Nicole and Dana Ruppenthal; two sisters, Mary (husband, Robert) Withrow of Marion, and Janice (husband, Dale) Crone of Dover; a brother-in-law, Harold Porter of Mount Vernon; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents, Kate was preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Porter.

Her life will be celebrated in a service Thursday, Mar. 22, at 11 a.m., in the Toland-Herzig Funeral Home & Crematory, Dover with Pastor Cliff Price of Rivertree Christian Church in Massillon officiating. Burial will be in Dover Burial Park. Following the committal, there will be a reception in the Toland-Herzig Monarch Center on the Boulevard in Dover. Family and friends are invited to call at the funeral home on Wednesday, Mar. 21, 5 �" 8 p.m. To sign an online register and share a fond memory of Kate, please visit the funeral home�(TM)s Web site and click on “obituaries.”

Instead of flowers, the family suggests that contributions in Kate�(TM)s memory be made to Compassion International Child Survival Program, c/o Rivertree Christian Church, 7373 Portage St. N.W., Massillon, OH 44646.

Toland-Herzig, Dover
330-343-6132
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