Thomas Glenn Ruppert

Thomas Glenn Ruppert, 72, died at his home in McCook, NE on January 5, 2021. Area residents will remember Tom as the cowboy leaning on the mailbox outside various SWATS facilities. After 13 years of marriage, Toms parents, Glenn Samuel "Dutch" Ruppert and Loretta Alice Traphagan Ruppert, were blessed by the birth of their only child, Tom, who was born November 8, 1948 at St. Catherines Hospital in McCook. He was baptized, received First Communion and confirmed at St. Anns in Frontier County. For a time, Tom attended St. Patricks School. Due to an unknown cause, Tom failed to develop necessary speech skills. He loved growing up on the Frontier Co. farm/ranch. He was proud of their UR brand and worked very hard. He could scoop wheat and throw hay bales with the best of them. Always a cowboy, he had pride in his job at the Curtis Sale Barn. Rodeo was his favorite sport. Tom loved to watch old Westerns and was a voracious reader and collector of books and magazines-- his "cow books"-- anything with cattle, horses or John Wayne. He started his residence at SouthWest Area Training Services on February 17, 1983. Tom was preceded in death by his mother when he was 17 years old, his father in 1998 and his stepmother, Erma Wise Gordon Ruppert in 2005. Survivors include his SWATS family, numerous Traphagan and Ruppert cousins, and stepsister Sherrie Gordon. Viewing will be held from 11:00 A.M. - 2:00 P.M., Monday, January 11, 2020 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in McCook. A rosary will be recited for Thomas at 1:30 P.M. (CT), Monday afternoon, January 11, 2021 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in McCook. Mass of Christian Burial will follow the recitation of the Rosary at 2:00 P.M. (CT) with Father Gary Brethour celebrating. Interment will follow services in St. Patrick Calvary Catholic Cemetery in McCook. Memorials are suggested to St. Patrick Catholic Church in McCook or to the Southwest Area Training Services "SWATS". Online condolences may be left at herrmannfh.com. Herrmann-Jones Funeral Chapel is entrusted with arrangements. Visitation St. Patrick's Catholic Church Monday, January 11, 2021 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM 409 East F Street McCook, Nebraska 69001 Rosary St. Patrick's Catholic Church Monday, January 11, 2021 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM 409 East F Street McCook, Nebraska 69001 Mass of Christian Burial St. Patrick's Catholic Church Monday, January 11, 2021 2:00 PM - 2:45 PM 409 East F Street McCook, Nebraska 69001