Marlea Elizabeth Moriarty passed away peacefully on Wednesday morning December 18, 2019.  She was born on January 14, 1954 in Frankfort, Germany while her father was serving in the Army in Fulda.  As a military dependent, her early years were filled with travel both in the United States and in Europe while the family was stationed in Germany.

In 1971, she met her future husband while both of them lived in Selfridge AFB, Michigan.  In 1972 her father, LTC Carl F. Dupke Jr. retired and settled in Birmingham, Michigan to start a second career designing the M1 tank fire control systems.  In 1972, Marlea and her future husband attended the University of Alabama.  In 1973, Marlea transferred back to Birmingham to attend Oakland Community College to study photography, which was one of her passions.


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