[Female] b. 2 DEC 1977
[Female] b. 1 SEP 1952
[Male] b. 25 FEB 1951 OH
[Male] b. 29 AUG 1906 OH - d. JAN 1982 Sts Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, Ottawa, OH
[Female] b. 11 SEP 1918 Putnam County, OH - d. 24 SEP 1994 Putnam County, OH
[Male] b. 4 NOV 1980 OH
[Male] b. 3 FEB 1984 OH
[Female] b. 10 JUN 1981 Campbell County, KY
[Male] b. 1 DEC 1932 OH - d. 5 SEP 1987 Defiance, OH
[Female] b. 16 OCT 1933
[Male] b. 3 MAY 1926 - d. MAR 1985
[Female] b. 15 JUN 1929
[Male] b. 25 JUN 1934 - d. 5 FEB 1989 St Louis, MN
[Female] b. 7 JUN 1935
[Female] b. 1984
[Male] b. 25 DEC 1926 OH - d. 20 AUG 2005 Columbiana, Columbiana, OH
[Female] b. 1926 Wellsville, Columbiana, OH - d. 24 JAN 1955
[Male] b. 2 SEP 1913 OH - d. 25 MAR 1988 Brunersburg Cemetery, Defiance, OH
Burial monument, Brunersburg Cemetery, Defiance, OHObituary:
William H. Ripke, 74, died March 25, 1988 in Parkview Memorial Hospital, Fort Wayne, where he had been a patient one day.
Born in Defiance County on Sept. 2, 1913, he was the son of William J. And Anna (Lulfs) Ripke. He married Marjorie Ann Leonard on September 6, 1933 and she survives.
He spent most of his life in Defiance County where he farmed and also was employed at the Central Foundry Div. of General Motors for 22 years, retiring in 1973.
He was a life member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and Local UAW 211.
Also surviving are a son, William J., six daughters Joann Harris, Pat Osborn, Lenora Levy, Pamela Florence, Brenda Ankney, and Nancy Fedderke; 23 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.
Preceding him in death were a son, Richard; three brothers, Fred, Charles and Henry; and two sisters, Laura Edwards and Edna Beiswenger.
Services will be in the church with Rev. John Place officiating. Burial will follow in Brunersburg Cemetery.
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