RIPLEY, Henry D.

RIPLEY, LORIMOR, GRAVES, CHAMBERS, SCOTT, HIGH, PROCTOR

Posted By: Volunteer
Date: 12/16/2010 at 08:27:34

Submitted to Fremont Message board by WF
THE SIDNEY ARGUS
Sidney, Fremont co., Iowa
May 12, 1927.

---"EARLY DAY CITIZEN GONE". -- The body of Henry D. Ripley who died at the home of a son at Fort Morgan, Colorado, was last week brought back to his old home for burial. The funeral service was held Friday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lorimor in Walnut township and was attended by a large concourse of old-time friends from all parts of the county. His sons Walter and Sam, and daughter, Mrs. Everett Graves, all of Fort Morgan, accompanied the remains back to this place.

His nephews, Dave and Sam Ripley, W.H. Chambers, Harvey and Bert Scott and Edgar High, served as pallbearers. The funeral service was conducted by the Methodist pastor of Shenandoah, assisted by Rev. Proctor of Randolph and Rev. Louis Ripley of Shenandoah. At the close of the service the body was carried to the Chambers cemetery and laid to rest beside his wife, now many years gone.

Mr. Ripley was 78 years of age, and the greater part of his life had been spent on Walnut creek. He was only 5 years old when his parents moved to this county from Dayton, Ohio. W. A. Chambers, Sr., of Anderson and Hamilton Cable of Shenandoah, two lifelong friends, both of whom have been here quite as long, attended the funeral.

Mr. Ripley was a member of the Methodist church and had lived a faithful christian life. He was a man beloved by old and young and will be sadly missed.