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Ona Ruth (Gregory) Dupes
March 18, 1930 - December 13, 2008

Ona Ruth (Gregory) Dupes, 78, Gypsum, died Saturday, Dec. 13, 2008. Mrs. Dupes was born March 18, 1930, in Ellsworth. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Robert Dupes; two sons, Robert and Roy; and a great-grandson, Ryan.

Survivors include three sons, Greg, of Gypsum, Steve, of Kokomo, Ind., and Ralph, of Rolla, Mo.; five daughters, Ona Hough, of Silver Lake, Ruth Howell, of Linn, Judy Kobetich, of Wakefield, Tena Johnson, of Manhattan, and Anita Jo Preston, of Falun; a brother, George Gregory, of Clay Center; three sisters, Dorothy Ptacek, of Ellsworth, Fay Pejsha, of Little Rock, Ark., and Esther Snowball, of Salina; 15 grandchildren, Scott and Julie Hough, Daniel and Amy Howell, Gail and Kyle Kobetich, Amanda Preston Griffin, Jessica, Jordan, and Justin Dupes, Jackie Dupes Duffy, Julia Dupes Schnellenberger, Stephanie Dupes Childers, and Jennifer and Kelly Dupes; a stepgrandchild, Christina Thompson; three great-grandchildren, Lane Hough, and Joshua and Natalie Schnellenberger; and two stepgreat-grandchildren, Jessie and Danielle Bulson.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday, with family present from 7 to 8 p.m. and until the hour of the service Wednesday at Ryan Mortuary, 137 N. Eighth, Salina, 67401. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the mortuary, followed by burial in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery, near Gypsum. Memorials may be made to March of Dimes, Easter Seals, DAV, or charity of the donor’s choice.