George Ripley

RIPLEY

Posted By: Tammy O'Connor (email)
Date: 9/3/2004 at 13:43:44

SELMA-George L. Ripley, 55, of Cedar Rapids died Tuesday at the St. Luke's Hospital there.

He was born Aug. 10, 1914, near Selma. His early life was lived in the Selma and Douds community where he was associated with his father in the garage business. He operated a Studebaker dealership in Clarion, and was an instructor at the Denver Automotive Institute at Denver. In Cedar Rapids, he was general manager of the Iowa Automotive and Diesel Institute Inc. He was a member of the Elks Lodge.

Surviving are his mother, Mrs. Clair Ripley of Selma; his widow Jennie and son Fred, both of Denver, Colo.; five brothers, Henry of Perry, Clair Jr. of Phoenix, and James, Robert and Donald, all in the U.S. Navy; and six sisters, Mrs. Ida Shriver of Sewal, Mrs. Rosetta Wright of Burlington, Mrs. Beulah Keast of St. Catherine's, Ontario, Mrs. Darlene Bradfield of Agency, and Mrs. Anna Murray and Mrs. Betty Gatlin, both of Ottumwa.

Services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Pedrick Funeral Home in Douds. Burial will be in the Iowaville Cemetery near Selma.

The Ottumwa Daily Courier March 19, 1970