Frank Kaup
[May
22, 2013]
ATLANTA -- Frank C. Kaup, 98, of Atlanta,
died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at 6:30 p.m. at Luther Oaks in Bloomington.
(Below is a copy of
the obituary from the funeral home.)
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Atlanta – Mr. Frank C. Kaup, 98, of Bloomington,
formerly of Atlanta, passed away at 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Luther Oaks Retirement
Community in Bloomington.
Funeral services for Mr. Kaup will be held on
Saturday, May 25, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. at St. Mary's
Catholic Church in Atlanta. Rev. Jeffrey G. Laible
will officiate.
Visitation will be held at Quiram-Peasley Funeral
Home from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May
24, 2013.
Burial will be in Atlanta Cemetery.
Surviving Mr. Kaup are his children: Roslie (Homer)
Hamblin of Atlanta; Barbara (Richard) Wahls of
Bloomington; and David (Kathy) Kaup of Metamora; ten
grandchildren: Mark (Hortense) Hamblin, Gayle (Mike)
Cluts, Laurie Hamblin, Jim (Melissa) Hamblin, Daniel
(Lou Ann) Brown, Shelley (Robbie) Ballard, Rick (Becki)
Wahls, Tony (Shannon) Wahls, Suzanne (Adam) Kishel
and Matthew Kaup; 19 great-grandchildren and 7
great-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Kaup was preceded in death by his wife, Eileen,
one daughter, Patricia Brown, one son-in-law, Robert
Brown; six sisters and two brothers.
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Frank Carl Kaup was born April 2, 1915, in
Bloomington, the son of Joseph and Catherine Tiber
Kaup. He married Eileen B. Stahl in Champaign on
February 27, 1937. She preceded him in death on
November 5, 1984.
Frank served in the United States Army in World War
II. He worked as a meat cutter for Buehler Brothers
in Bloomington prior to purchasing and running
Kaup's Superette in Atlanta in 1951 for thirty
years. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church
in Atlanta, American Legion Post 341 of Atlanta, the
Moose Lodge, the Eagles Lodge, the Bloomington
Hungarian Club, and was a 4th Degree Knight in the
Knights of Columbus.
Memorials may be made to Atlanta Rescue Squad or the
Hawes Historical Elevator in Atlanta.
Final arrangements are entrusted with Quiram-Peasley
Funeral Home of Atlanta.
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