Dorothy Lee Rippy (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Dorothy Lee Rippy, daughter of John Henry and Pearl M. Huff Shumate, was born March 17, 1924, in Lebanon, Missouri. She departed this life Thursday, February 13, 2014, in Jordan Creek Nursing Home, Springfield, Missouri, at the age of eighty-nine years, ten months, and twenty-seven days.
On June 1, 1940, Dorothy was united in marriage to George Oscar Rippy by the Reverend Hembry; and to the union two sons were born.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Oscar Francis Rippy; a great-grandson, Michael Wallace, Jr.; and her siblings, Frank Shumate, John Shumate, Lilly Griffin, and infant sisters, Grace and Mable.
Dorothy is survived by a son, James Rippy and his wife, Shirley, of Fair Grove, Missouri; a daughter-in-law, Sharon Rippy, of Lebanon, Missouri; six grandchildren, James L. Rippy, Jr. and his wife, Sonya, of Billings, Missouri, Justina Janell Rippy, of Branson West, Missouri, Suzanne Coulter and her husband, Richard, of Springfield, Missouri, Michael Wallace and his wife, Nancy, of Marshfield, Missouri, Craig Rippy and his wife, Becky, of St. James, Missouri, and Kim Brooks and her husband, Randy, of Springfield, Missouri; sixteen great-grandchildren, Nicole, Chelsey, Katie, Elisabeth, Dakotah, Krystle, Trevor, Chance, Rena, Kaleb, Danee, Trisha, Joshua, Stephanie, Gunnar, and Lyric; five great-great-grandchildren, Landon, Bentley, Wyatt, Sabrina and Aiden; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She was born and raised in Lebanon, Missouri, and attended Lebanon schools. The family made their home in Crocker, Missouri, for seven years before moving back to Lebanon where she has resided for the past forty years. Dorothy worked at Rice Stix Factory in Lebanon, and as a nurses’ aid in Waynesville, Missouri, and assisted Oscar in managing Gas Mart in Lebanon. In addition, she was a devoted homemaker to her family, enjoying driving Jim and Frank and their friends to baseball games.
Dorothy made a profession of faith in Christ and attended the Assembly of God Church in Crocker and in Lebanon.
She enjoyed working in her flower gardens and was a very talented pianist. Her grandchildren have fond memories of their grandmother fixing them chicken and dumplings and wonderful cherry, chocolate cake.
Dorothy’s family will treasure the memories of their loving mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother and other family members that she created with them through the years.
Memorial donations to Preferred Hospice Of Ozark, may be made through the funeral home.
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