On March 18, 2019 forty-five minutes before her 63rd birthday, Stephanie Louise Bolner Tupper of Mystic, Connecticut passed away from a year-long fight with cancer. She was in the care of Westerly Hospital in Westerly, Rhode Island. 

Stephanie was born in Franklin, Louisiana on March 19, 1956 to Richard J Bolner and Phyllis Albares Bolner. She has one brother, Rick Bolner of Austin, Texas and her sister, Mary Frances Bolner Valach. Stephanie grew up in Metairie, Louisiana and attended Chapelle High School. Steph married Clint Tupper on January 3, 1987, in Picayune, Mississippi. She lived most of her life in Connecticut. She has worked for Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut for the past seven years. Steph was a devoted Christian and found serenity in the word of God. 

She is survived by her ex-husband and great friend Clint Tupper and her daughter, Cadi Tupper, as well as grandson, Aiden Tupper of Mystic, Connecticut. She is preceded in death by her sisters, Mary Frances Bolner Valach and her infant sister who died at birth in 1968, as well as her parents, Richard and Phyllis Bolner. 

Her family will greet relatives and friends on Saturday, March 23, from 12Noon to 2:00pm at the Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl Street, Mystic. A funeral home service will immediately follow at 2:00pm. Stephanie’s ashes will be interned in Lakelawn Cemetery in New Orleans in the upcoming months.