Claron Elmer "Bud" Rupe
Marriages
Betty Jean Cottier - May 1951
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 8B - February 19, 2023
Bud was born Claron
Elmer Rupe on August 19,
1928 in Ottawa, Kansas.
The family spent his early
years living in Kansas and
Missouri before settling on
Glade Park and later the
Riverside area in the late 1930’s.
In 1946, he joined the Army Air Corps and trained
in Telecommunications and Teletype Repair. He was
stationed in Puerto Rico the majority of his military
career. In May of 1951, he married Betty Jean Cottier
in Grand Junction. They lived in Grand Junction
together until her death in 2019. In 1952, Bud went to
work for Mountain States Telephone where he worked
as Lineman, Framer, and an Installer-Repairman and
retired in 1984 as a Cable Repairman.
He loved the outdoors. Every fall was the highlight of
the year when hunting season came around. He used to
get off work and drive to the “Black Rocks” on Glade
Park and fish all night, returning in the morning in time
to go to work. He was tireless.
Bud was preceded in death by his wife, Betty; sons,
Jerry (Cindy) and Trent (Roxie); sisters, Ruth Naeve and
Flora Parkerson; and brother, Dale. He is survived by his
son, Chuck (Christine); sister, Darlene Murphy; brother,
Galen (Sue); 9 Grandchildren, 18 Great Grandchildren,
and many nieces and nephews.
He was a good husband, father, and grandfather as
well as a friend. He will be missed.
A viewing for Bud will be held Thursday, February
23, 2023 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at Callahan-Edfast
Mortuary, 2515 Patterson Rd., Grand Junction, CO.
Funeral services will follow in the funeral home chapel
on Friday, February 24, 2023 at 11:00 AM. Burial will
be in Grand Junction Memorial Gardens.
