Jay Robert Duppstadt Sr. ^{715,1007,1239}

   Another name for Jay was Robert.

  General Notes:

OBITUARY

J. Robert Duppstadt Sr., 90, inventor, engineer and much-loved patriarch, died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008.

Funeral: 12:30 p.m. Friday in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Chapel. Visitation: 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Bluebonnet Hills.

Memorials: Circle of Friends or a charity of choice.

Duppy was born March 11, 1918, in Somerset, Pa. He graduated from Penn State and engineered aircraft for Curtiss Wright during World War II. During 40 years at Bell Helicopter, he was project engineer on the Sioux Scout and Huey Cobra, also on Bell's earliest models 42 and 47. Duppy was a dedicated husband and father, avid water skier, Scout leader and builder. He enriched us all with his intelligence, creativity and work ethic, and leaves a spirited legacy.

He was preceded in death by his sister, Gladys, and wife, Lois Parish Duppstadt.
Survivors: Sons, Jim Duppstadt and wife, Uvonne, and J. Robert Duppstadt Jr. and wife, Lori; daughters, Gayle York, Carol Zimmerman and husband, Gene, Ann Dorris and Debi Duppstadt Keay and husband, Greg Perry; 11 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

Newspaper: Star-Telegram
Location: Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
Date: 6 Aug 2008

Article from unknown newspaper, unknown date (but 1951 or later):

Headline: Duppstadt Is Engineering Helicopters

A former Somerset farm boy, Robert B. (sic Jay Robert) Duppstadt, is engineering helicopters for the Bell Aircraft Corp., Fort Worth, Tex.

A project engineer on a new series of helicopters, Model 47, Mr. Duppstadt is the son of Mrs. Clarence W. Duppstadt, 121 Fuller street (Somerset, PA), and has two aunts, Miss Elsie Duppstadt and Mrs. E.W. Cleeves, also residing in Somerset.

He and his wife, Mary Ann, and 8-year-old son James and 4-year-old daughter Ann, live in Arlington, Tex.

When he was 10 years old, his father's farm was converted into Rhodes Field, the airport named for Eugene Rhodes, cousin of his mother, for a famed flier who was one of the first Americans to cross the Atlantic ocean.

Mr. Duppstadt spent most of his spare time as a farm boy hanging around Rhodes Field and the influence of that association resulted in his choosing the aircraft engineering professions.


Subtitle: Went to Penn State

He studied mechanical engineering at Penn State, graduating there in 1942. At that time he joined Curtiss Wright airplane division in Buffalo, NY, where he worked as a stress analysist (sic), on C-46 cargo transports. In 1946 he became project engineer for United Services for Air and was assigned the job modifying the military C-46 and preparing that famous CAA certification.

In 1947 Duppstadt joined Bell Aircraft to work on the early Model 42 helicopted (sic). He was a designer in the transmission group and in 1949 was named CAA coordinator. After two years on that he became CAA designated engineering representative, a capacity in which he still serves.
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Newspaper article, date unknown, newspaper unknown:
Headline: 3 SOMERSET COUNTY YOUNG PEOPLE PENN STATE GRADS

J. Robert Duppstadt, son of Mr. and Mrs. C.W. Duppstadt, of Fuller street, Somerset, was among the 1100 students to receive degrees from the Pennsylvania State college at its commencement Sunday, May 10. Duppstadt, who graduated from Somerset high school in 1935, received the degree in mechanical engineering honorary society. He was also a member of Sigma Tau, honorary national engineering fraternity, and of the College Co-Operative society. Both his father and a sister, Gladys, are Penn State graduates. ¹²⁷⁰

  Life Events:

1. Alt. Birth, 12 Mar 1918, Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹⁰⁰⁷

2. College-Bachelors: The Pennsylvania State University: BS 1942 Mechanical Engineering, College Of Engineering, 10 May 1942, University Park, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA. ¹²⁴⁰

3. Occupation: Bell Helicopter (Engineer). ¹²⁷⁰ Worked there 40 years

Jay married Mary Ann Miller on 25 Dec 1941 ⁷¹⁵.^,1240 (Mary Ann Miller was born on 22 Sep 1916 in Somerset, Somerset, Pennsylvania, USA ^715,1007.)

Jay next married Lois Naoma Caldwell on 27 Apr 1957.⁷¹⁵ (Lois Naoma Caldwell was born on 30 Jun 1918 in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA,¹²⁷² died on 14 Dec 2004 in Hurst, Tarrant, Texas, USA ¹²⁷² and was buried on 17 Dec 2004 in Bluebonnet Hills Memorial Park Cemetery (Colleyville, Tarrant, Texas, USA) ¹²⁷².)