Obituary of Frank John (Dusty) RIPPLINGER, Macoupin County Illinois 22 March 1998
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Name of Deceased: RIPPLINGER, Frank John (Dusty)
Name of Newspaper: Staunton Star Times
Date of Obituary: May 22, 1997 
Obituary: FRANK JOHN RIPPLINGER Frank J. "Dusty" RIPPLINGER
of Belvidere died May 16, 1997, at Rush- Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical
Center, Chicago, after a lengthy illness. He was born Jan. 4, 1941, in Barton,
ND., the son of Frank and Anna (FISCHER) RIPPLINGER. He married
Pamela S. ROBERTSON on June 20, 1970, in Belvidere. He graduated
from Rugby ND. High School in 1960. Mr. RIPPLINGER was a Belvidere
resident since 1966, previously residing in North Dakota. He was employed
by Auto Releasing Inc. as a yard man for 28 years. He served in the U.S.
Air Force. He was a member and past master of Belvidere Masonic Lodge
60 AF & AM; Member of Scottish Rite, Valley of Freeport; member of
Rockford Local 325 of the Teamsters union; former assistant Scout master
for Belvidere Troop 141; a volunteer for the Boone County Girl Scouts and
a former assistant coach for the Belvidere Youth Baseball. Survivors include
his wife, Pamela; mother-in-law, Arlene ROBERTSON of Belvidere; daughter,
Jeralyn (Troy) GREEN of Caledonia, and son Skyler (Jenni LANG - fiancee)
RIPPLINGER of Belvidere; Bryan (Connie) RIPPLINGER, Kevin
RIPPLINGER and Dawnita RIPPLINGER, all of Janesville, Wis.; two sisters,
Jennie (Ted) WHITACRE of Broomfield, Colo. and Lynn (Rich) BRECHT of 
Champlin, Minn.; five brothers, Christ RIPPLINGER of Minneapolis, Minn.,
Joe (Anna Mae) RIPPLINGER of Underwood, Minn., Alex (Darlene)
RIPPLINGER of Phoenix, Ariz., Andrew (Carol) RIPPLINGER of Kalispell,
Mont. and James (Annie) RIPPLINGER of Minnewauken, ND.; eight
grandchildren, Abbey and Austin GREEN of Caledonia, and Rebecca, Elizabeth,
Jessica, Adriana, Rachel and Julia RIPPLINGER, all of Janesville; and a special
friend, Larry SMITH of Belvidere. He was preceded in death by his parents;
one granddaughter, Raven RIPPLINGER, and a brother, Steven RIPPLINGER.
The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Williamson Funeral Home, Staunton,
Ill. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Staunton. Visitation will be from 
6-8 p.m. Monday at Buck-Wheeler-Hyland Funeral Home and from 6-8 p.m.
Tuesday at Williamson Funeral Home in Staunton. Masonic Rites will be held
at 8 p.m. Monday in Belvidere. A memorial has been established in his name.


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