Suppes, John .

To the Suppes Family,
Our Deepest Sympathy to each of you. Our prayers and thoughts are with you. Keep your memories close to your heart.
Debi & Dave Walters
Carolyn Perea
Mike Perea

Billy and Theresa you should be ashamed of yourselves. You are not a Suppes and never will be. You have ruined the Suppes name for your actions.
Getting Uncle John to deed the home place to you. The real Suppes family will see you in Court.

This is to inform you Bill you are just an adoped guy ,and not even a Suppes. John had many neices and nephues on the Suppes side.You did not even notify any of the family about John passing..They had kept in contact and I called him often and seen him. John had nieces and nephues who live in Calif,Colorado, Utah.Ill.and Minn that I know of. The ones who you mentioned are kids by Teresa and her ex men..The ones of yours was raised by Debbie there mothe
Bill I hope you remember The SUPPES name was good until you were adopted..

In the interest of those who are pursuing the Suppes genealogy, there are some corrections that need to be made in this obituary. There were 3 infant siblings that passed away when the Suppes family lived in Scottsbluff, Nebraska and they are buried in the cemetery there. The youth mentioned was named George Jacob, not Jake. There are many cousins that still live in Scottsbluff on John’s mother’s side of the family; however they chose not to have anything to do with John after the death of David because of the way Dave had been treated by John and Irene. I even took John to Leo’s residence but attempts to reconcile were unsuccessful. They kept telling me that John was a conniving individual but unfortunately I would not realize it until later when it was too late. John has numerous nephews and their children living in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Nancy and Kay Suppes reside in California, each having two children. Niece Linda lives in Cheyenne. Kathy lives in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Both have sons living in those respective communities also.

It was Mr. Jacob Suppes who owned the farm and grocery store in Loveland, Colorado. While homesteading in the Missouri Valley, the entire family including Lydia removed the sagebrush from the land. The house on the homestead in Missouri Valley was built by all five children and Mr. Suppes’ wife Anna Elizabeth besides those mentioned. The house in which John died was NOT his, but was mine (Fremont County Court and tax records may be reviewed for authenticness). He skillfully cheated me and others out of my rightful father’s inheritances. I then realized what a deceitful man he really was! Due the kindness and sympathy of my sisters begging me not to charge him rent, even though they too were bamboozled by his deceitfulness, he has lived there rent-free for the last 15 years. My sisters felt sorry for him because of his age, but unlike John or his adopted son, William they could not bring themselves to be vengeful or cruel so I conceded to their desires and did not charge him one cent rent. He didn’t even pay the taxes!

From my earliest recollections, the house was always a pig sty but I am grateful for the hospice people who made sure it was clean during his later months of life. When his family was taken care of him; that was certainly not the case! The pictures from my son’s last visit 2 years ago to his great-uncle showed deplorable conditions. I certainly would not have let my worst enemy spend a minute in that environment, least of all my father!

As stated, John was known as the “Potato Man.” I remember after he would make a sale, he would take the money and put it into cans and hide them in the house so he would not have to pay the IRS. I even found one of those cans when I went to winterize the home! It was one of the many that Bill missed! I have donated the money to a local charity in John’s name on behalf of my sisters.

I wish to personally thank the Medow family for the assistance they have given my family with the tidiness of making the Suppes farm presentable. My grandparents begged even on their deathbed to have the home place remain in the Suppes family for generations, a commitment John made to them years ago, but greed and the almighty dollar took center stage! At least the Medow’s are committed believers in keeping and improving on their heritage for future posterity! For the record, they did not cheat Bill out of anything when they bought the farm, contrary to the rumors that have circulated through out the valley.

I just heard about John, lived next to him in Missouri Valley on my parents farm - John (Jack) and Mildred Long - moved away from there in 1965. Billy - your dad was special to all my family and remember eating lunch many times at your dinner table that your mom Irene cooked. Also remember the tire swing and the potato cellar, and our cement ditch where we waded. God bless!

Its unforunate some of the family holds resentment from Bill being adopted by John & Irene & bumping them down the sliding scale of whos gets what when the land got divided. But the law is the law & you having made your part of the agreement on the sale of hopefully having a sound mind, ( as your previous posts make me wonder)to your share of the land in which holds very little time if any of you tilling the soil to make the ground green with its fruits & you agreed & signed your name to the sale.
When there is a loss in a family its up to ALL of the family members to notify the other family members, & from my past exsperience the closer to the source of the death the harder it is to have a sound mind which isnt filled with sorrows of the close loss to be able to accomplish this.

Its a shame someone has to write a rebuttal in a time of loss when all you see is hate being put forth on a guestbook signing , this you should be greatly ashamed of doing.
Refresh my memory Clara you said Bill wasn't a Suppes cause he was adopted ?
If that holds true that should hold true to you as well as weren't you adopted ?
Through the years I visited John & Irene & their son Bill & shure it was a very busy place with them working from before daylight to after dark to make the endsmeat & save a few dollars here & there. John never bought a new tractor he fixed & refixed his equipment to get it thru the season.
John even let relatives stay at his other house why they lived in the Riverton area at no charge, correct me if I am wrong on this Judy or has your memory being selective as to no one paying the rent or taxes on it.
As John being the main person trying to keep the farm up after his brother left it shocked me that his children didn't step in & help work the land rather than wanting what almight dollar they could get from it & than bitching later after the propery increased in value that they was cheated out of it.
John was a good man he would help his neighbors if he had the time, after talking with many people in town & on the reservation they remember John as the potato man why he would bring the potoatos to their homes & the children would yell out to their parents something like this MOM DAD THE POTATO MAN IS HERE, & they said by John selling them so cheap to them it helped them get thru the hard times.
John you have gone from a hateful world by some people to a place which is definately better, & some people will have to answer to these unkindly remarks that was posted when they get to the Golden Gates. ( if they make it there) Rest In Peace John your job is done.

I remember Mr. Suppes for his kindness to all the people on the reservation. He came out to sell his potatoes to all the families and even gave some credit. As I got older I was given a chance to work for him picking his potatoes he was so kind to all people. Prayers and Thanks