Notes for Mary Jeanette DUPREL

Notes for Mary Jeanette DUPREL

Jeanette Marie Duprel fourth child and third daughter of Andre Duprel and
Anna Gilson Duprel, received her rural education at the Meyer School. She
continued with her education & went to Nurses training at St. John's Hospital
in Rapid City South Dakota for 2 years. She completed her Nurses training in
Chicago Illinois about 1930. She then moved to Los Angeles Ca. where she was
a private nurse/companion to Mrs Kraft (of Kraft cheese Co. until 1939. While
Jeanette was doing private nursing she graduated from Fashion Design School.
She opened her own high fashion shop in Los Angeles, around 1939. In 1941 she
she married Robert Braun. He worked for the Express Company delivering
express.
Jeanette was very business minded. Before she had her fashion design
shop she opened & operated a reducing salon in L. A. Ca for about 2 years
Even though Jeanette moved far from home, she did not break her family
ties. She sent several boxes of clothing to her younger brothers and
sisters in SD. She went home as often as she possibly could. She visited
her brother Leonard Duprel in Ben Lomond Calif several times. & when her
sister Laura (Trixie) left home, she came to live with Jeanette in Calif.
Jeanette Duprel Braun is buried in Los Angeles California. Leonard Duprel
and wife Barbara Schaff Duprel of Boulder Creek California along with John
Duprel of Kent Washington and Laura Duprel Kilpatrick of Hollywood California
attended her funeral. Bob and Jeanette did not have any children. Robert (Bob)
Braun had a daughter by his first wife, he died a few years after Jeanette.
Written by Florence Duprel Yanzick Rapid City SD. (1973)
Leonard A. Duprel Scotts Valley CA. (1973)
SOURCE OF INFORMATION: Florence Duprel Yanzick Rapid City SD. 1973 and Leonard
A. Duprel Scotts Valley CA. 1973.
BORN: Friday DIED: Saturday. Age at death 45 years 5 months 22 days
RESIDENCE: Hollywood Ca. 1953.