Helt (Bourke/Rupp) Kathleen/Kathy/Kate; Gambier, Ohio born January 22, 1947, to Germaine Wilcox and Raymond Rupp in Columbus, Ohio, died March 10, 2025, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Kate enjoyed twenty-one years working in the Columbus business community following her education at the University of Dayton.
She spent the last eleven of those years with The Murfin Company in Columbus, where she rose to Vice President of Operations and ultimately became one of five partners.
Kate belonged to the Metropolitan Club of Columbus, and the Worthington Business and Professional Women's Club, which named her "Woman of the Year" in 1982.
The Murfin Company was sold to The Menasha Corporation of Neenha, WI, in 1986. Following her retirement from Murfin Company in 1987, she explored various business and educational paths, including Underwater Scuba Diving up through Deep Sea Night Diving.
Kate surprised many friends and family with her radical life change in 1999, by settling down with her hus

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