Obit: Shupe, Norbert (1922 - 1963)

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Surnames: Shupe, Ebert

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09/12/1963

Shupe, Norbert (4 FEB 1922 - 8 SEP 1963)

Norbert Shupe, 41, route 1, Stratford, was killed early Sunday morning when hsi car struck a bridge on a town road a half mile north of Highway 153, about 2 miles north of Marshfield. Marathon County authorities theorized teh accident happened about 3:45 a.m., since his watch stopped at that time, and that fog may have obscured his vision.

Mr. Shupe was employed as an insurance agent working out of the Dairyland Realty office in Abbotsford.

Mr. Shupe was born in Marshfield Feb. 4, 1922, and educated in Auburndale schools where he was graduated from high school in 1940. He was married to Valeria Ebert June 10, 1944. They lived at Auburndale and alter at Dorchester (Clark Co., Wis.) and recently in the Stratford area.

Besides his wife, he leaves three sons, Ronald and Randy of Marshfield, and Roger of Arpin. He also has one brother, Armin Shupe of Arpin.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Immanuel Lutheran Church at Arpin and burial was made in the Arpin Cemetery.