Cupp

Ruth Elaine Cupp, 84, of Ifft Lane in Center Township died at 8 p.m. Saturday at her home.

Born Jan. 30, 1923, in Tyrone, she was the daughter of George Harold Krider and Mary Florence Van Scoyc.

Mrs. Cupp was a member of the Hill United Presbyterian Church.

She had been an operator for Bell Telephone and also had been the manager of the men's shoe department at Troutman's.

She was a member of the Maqueda Chapter 421 Order of the Eastern Star, the White Shrine of Jerusalem, the Esquire Club and the Century Club. She was one of the original members of the Armco Country Club.

Mrs. Cupp was an avid duplicate bridge player and a member of the Voters Hall of Fame for 55-years of continuous voting.

She is survived by a daughter, Lynda Lavorini and her husband, Dino Jr., of Butler; two sons, Robert "Bob" Cupp and his wife, Betsy, and James Cupp Jr. and his wife, Susan, all of Butler; seven grandchildren, Julie, Dino III and Michael Lavorini and his wife Kristyn and Eric, Brian, R.J. and Jeffrey Cupp; two sisters, Mildred McNeal of Tyrone and Marian Nattress of Wawa, Pa., and a number of nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Perry Cupp Sr., who died Nov. 6, 1999; her twin brother, Robert Krider, and a sister, Florence Flick.

<B>CUPP</B> — Friends of Ruth Elaine Cupp, who died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Hill United Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Clark Sawyer officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Burial Estates, Mount Chestnut.Contributions may be made to Hill United Presbyterian Church or to VNA Hospice.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.