NameChristine (“Chris”) Ruppert 
BirthMarch 27, 1961, Passaic, NJ
EducationRutgers University, BA; Columbia University, MA; William Paterson University, M Ed.
OccupationDirector of Curriculum and Instruction
ResidesOakland, NJ
FatherFrank Ruppert
MotherMargaret “Marge” Hanzl (1938-)
Short bioChris has worked for 20 years in Catholic, public, suburban and urban schools and taught every grade from pre-K to 8th grade and graduate students at a university. Chris is JD Lasica and Kathy Lasica Schiro‘s third cousin. (Our mother’s mother was Mary Schepper Sporn; her mother was Maria Szakasits Schepper, whose sister was Josefa Szakasits Marakovits, and her daughter was Margaret Marakovits Hanzl, Chris’s late grandmother. Our common great great grandparents were Emerich and Maria Szakasits from Punitz, Austria.)
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- Joseph Zimmermann and Christine Ruppert’s wedding.
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- Chris and Sarah Zimmermann doing Swan paddle boating in Ocean Grove, NJ.
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- Sarah Zimmermann with her mom Christine during Mother/Daughter Getaway, July 31, 2013.
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- Chris and Joe Zimmermann with their daughter Sarah.
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- Joe, left, and Dan Zimmermann escort their mother, Chris, during Sarah’s wedding, Aug.23, 2013.
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- Chris Ruppert Zimmermann with her mom, Marge Ruppert, at Sarah Zimmermann’s wedding.
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- Chris Ruppert Zimmermann In Ocean Grove, NJ, with her mom, Margaret “Marge” Hanzl Ruppert, 2012.
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- At Sarah and Jim’s wedding, from left: Joe Zimmermann, Do Re Mi, Joe Zimmermann, Sarah Margaret, Jim Maginnis, Chris Zimmermann and Dan Zimmerman
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- Joe and Chris Zimmermann at Bear Mountain State Park, October 2013.
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- Chris Zimmermann at Bear Mountain State Park, October 2013, in a photo by her son Dan.
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- Chris Zimmermann, with Joe Zimmermann, at Bear Mountain State Park, October 2013, in a photo by their son Dan.
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- Chris Zimmermann at Bear Mountain State Park, October 2013, in a photo by her son Dan.
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- Christine Ruppert Zimmermann with Mary (Mitzi) Gietl and her husband Fritz in front of Gussing castle, a Burgenland landmark, during an October 2014 family visit to Austria. Mitzi is the first cousin of Christine’s mother, Margaret Hanzl, and she is the sister of Berta Koller, who lives in Clifton, NJ.
