Wayne Edward Rupert, age 88 years of Littlestown, PA, passed away on September 9, 2025, at Paramount Senior Living, Chambersburg, PA. Wayne was born on December 10, 1936, in Escanaba, MI, to William Amos Ruppert and Ruth Marie Hood. His mother passed away when Wayne was only 5 years old, after which he lived with his maternal grandparents, Boston and Edith (Pritchard) Hood, in the U.P. of Michigan.
Wayne served in the United States Air Force as an Air Traffic Controller from 1956 until 1959 and was stationed in South Korea and at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. He met his wife, Catherine Estelle Thompson, while stationed at Andrews. He continued his career as a civilian Air Traffic Controller until 1981. He retired from corporate America in 2000 and moved to Littlestown, PA.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his sons Michael (wife Rebecca Dymitro), Timothy, and Kenneth (wife Karen Mullenhoff), two grandchildren (Sabryna Catherine (of Timothy) and Daniel Christian (of Kenneth)), and one step-grandchild (Nicholas Dymitro), and two great-grandchildren (of Sabryna).
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Amos and Ruth Marie (Hood) Ruppert, sister Edith Darlene “Edie” (nee Ruperd) Adams of Conover, Ohio, William Lewis Harding (born Ruperd) of Hudson, Michigan, and Gerald Lee “Jerry” Harding (born Ruperd) of Multnomah, Oregon.
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