PERRYVILLE -- Chester S. Rup of Perryville died Thursday, Oct. 30, 1997, at Perry County Memorial Hospital. He was 80.
He was born Nov. 12, 1916, in New York, N.Y., son of Frank and Anna Malicki Rup. He married Phyllis Fredericks. She survives.
He retired as a major in the U.S. Army.
He is survived by a son, Stephen C. Rup of San Francisco, and two daughters, Catherine Jordan of Torrance, Calif., and Patt S. Rup of St. Charles.
Burial will be Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis.
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