OBIT: William A. RIPKA, 1948, Centre County, PA

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WILLIAM A. RIPKA.

Aged 55, Centre county farmer, died Saturday morning in the Centre County 
hospital as the result of injuries received July 10 while working on his 
farm, less than a mile east of Bellefonte.  A lifelong resident of Centre 
county, he was a member of the Moose lodge of Bellefonte.  His wife, the 
former Virgina [sic] Dugan, and the following children survive: Russell, 
Thelma, Betty and Edwin, all at home.  Also surviving are four brothers, 
Clyde and Wilburg, both of Pleasant gap; Fred of Williamsport and Clarence of 
Emmitsburg, Md.; a sister, Mrs. Lester L. Baumgardner of Pleasant Gap, a 
step-sister, Mrs. B. B. Driegilbis of Orangeville, Ill., and one grandchild.  
Friends are being received at the home.

Altoona Mirror, Monday, July 26, 1948, page 20