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David Stupperich
ALTON - David Earl Stupperich, 61, died at 4:55 am Monday, March 19, 2001, at Barnes Jewish Hospital after a short illness.
Born March 13, 1940, in Alton, he was a son of Earl T. Stupperich of Wood River and the late Frances (Emerson) Stupperich.
An employee at Boeing as a welder, he was an avid golfer and member of Main Street United Methodist Church, Eagles Aerie #254 and a 30- year member of the Wood River Moose Lodge.
He and the former Joan Schwartz were married on J,une 21, 1997, in Alton. She survives.
In addition to his widow and father, surviving are three daughters, Lisa Stupperich of Wood River, Beth and her husband, Tom Adney of Godfrey and Kimberly Adams of Hawaii; a son, Tony Schwartz of San Diego, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Nolen David Adney and Rebecca Ann Adney.
Visitation was held from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Gent Funeral Home in Alton, where the Rev. Sharon Potter officiated at services at 10 a.m. Thursday.
Burial followed in Rose Lawn Memory Gardens, in Bethalto.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to a hospice of one's choice. .
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Cindy Kodros (Garvey)
Who didn't know Dave Stupprich? The guy with the goofy grin and always laughing about something. A guy that just won your heart with his caring ways. I had Dave in my typewriting class. Ms. Bricker had just started her first year of teaching and I think between Dave and myself we almost had her decide not to teach anymore. Dave just couldn't get his fingers to work on the typewriter and I was the opposite..........my fingers just loved the typewriter. Ms Bricker would give us time tests and poor Dave just couldn't handle the tests. I decided that I would type as fast as I could and give him a sheet and then I would type mine and be done in the 5 minutes that we were given. Well, Dave and I thought it worked but it didn't. Ms Bricker called us both to the front of the room and asked us if we knew the difference between a Pica and an Elite typewriter. Neither one of us knew what she was talking about. We had just started taking typing. Well, believe me there is a difference in print and she knew that I was typing for David because he had a pica typewriter and I had an elite. So finally Dave had to learn how to type and we had to quit having social hour in the back of the room. He was so funny and he will long be remembered by me.