Funeral for Eddie Ripka, 83, is Saturday
CLAREMONT -- The funeral for Eddie Ripka will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Vernon
Funeral Home in Dodge Center, with the Rev. Delbert Ring officiating. Burial will be
in Hillside Cemetery in Claremont.
Mr. Ripka, 83, of Owatonna Health Care Center, a former longtime Claremont area
resident, died Tuesday (May 10, 1994) at the care center.
He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Dodge County. On Dec. 11, 1929, he married Josie
Skok in Dodge County and they were later divorced. Mr. Ripka farmed in the
Claremont area for many years, also worked at the Claremont Creamery and later
moved to St. Paul where he did landscaping work until his retirement. He entered
Owatonna Health Care Center two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty (Mrs. Daryl) Haskin of Hayfield; a son, Eugene of
St. Paul; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Ella (Mrs. Dick)
Schroeder and Emma Olson, both of Owatonna, and Mary Kubat of Claremont; and a
brother, Anton of Dodge Center. Two sons, two brothers and a sister preceded him
in death.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and an hour before the service
Saturday at the funeral home.@
CLAREMONT -- The funeral for Eddie Ripka will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Vernon
Funeral Home in Dodge Center, with the Rev. Delbert Ring officiating. Burial will be
in Hillside Cemetery in Claremont.
Mr. Ripka, 83, of Owatonna Health Care Center, a former longtime Claremont area
resident, died Tuesday (May 10, 1994) at the care center.
He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Dodge County. On Dec. 11, 1929, he married Josie
Skok in Dodge County and they were later divorced. Mr. Ripka farmed in the
Claremont area for many years, also worked at the Claremont Creamery and later
moved to St. Paul where he did landscaping work until his retirement. He entered
Owatonna Health Care Center two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty (Mrs. Daryl) Haskin of Hayfield; a son, Eugene of
St. Paul; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Ella (Mrs. Dick)
Schroeder and Emma Olson, both of Owatonna, and Mary Kubat of Claremont; and a
brother, Anton of Dodge Center. Two sons, two brothers and a sister preceded him
in death.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and an hour before the service
Saturday at the funeral home.@
Funeral for Eddie Ripka, 83, is Saturday
CLAREMONT -- The funeral for Eddie Ripka will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Vernon
Funeral Home in Dodge Center, with the Rev. Delbert Ring officiating. Burial will be
in Hillside Cemetery in Claremont.
Mr. Ripka, 83, of Owatonna Health Care Center, a former longtime Claremont area
resident, died Tuesday (May 10, 1994) at the care center.
He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Dodge County. On Dec. 11, 1929, he married Josie
Skok in Dodge County and they were later divorced. Mr. Ripka farmed in the
Claremont area for many years, also worked at the Claremont Creamery and later
moved to St. Paul where he did landscaping work until his retirement. He entered
Owatonna Health Care Center two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty (Mrs. Daryl) Haskin of Hayfield; a son, Eugene of
St. Paul; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Ella (Mrs. Dick)
Schroeder and Emma Olson, both of Owatonna, and Mary Kubat of Claremont; and a
brother, Anton of Dodge Center. Two sons, two brothers and a sister preceded him
in death.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and an hour before the service
Saturday at the funeral home.@
CLAREMONT -- The funeral for Eddie Ripka will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Vernon
Funeral Home in Dodge Center, with the Rev. Delbert Ring officiating. Burial will be
in Hillside Cemetery in Claremont.
Mr. Ripka, 83, of Owatonna Health Care Center, a former longtime Claremont area
resident, died Tuesday (May 10, 1994) at the care center.
He was born Oct. 24, 1910, in Dodge County. On Dec. 11, 1929, he married Josie
Skok in Dodge County and they were later divorced. Mr. Ripka farmed in the
Claremont area for many years, also worked at the Claremont Creamery and later
moved to St. Paul where he did landscaping work until his retirement. He entered
Owatonna Health Care Center two years ago.
Survivors include a daughter, Betty (Mrs. Daryl) Haskin of Hayfield; a son, Eugene of
St. Paul; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; three sisters, Ella (Mrs. Dick)
Schroeder and Emma Olson, both of Owatonna, and Mary Kubat of Claremont; and a
brother, Anton of Dodge Center. Two sons, two brothers and a sister preceded him
in death.
Friends may call from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and an hour before the service
Saturday at the funeral home.@
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