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Her funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Armington
Christian Church, with Ed Loyd officiating.
Visitation will be from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the
church and one hour prior to the service on Monday.
Quiram-Peasley Funeral Home in Atlanta is in
charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Rippey was employed at Bank of Illinois in
Normal from 1974 until retiring in 1984. She and her
husband previously owned and operated Rip's Repair
Shop in Armington.
She was born Feb. 26, 1920, in Prairie Creek
Township to August and Katie Westen Arnold. She
married Thomas Waldo Rippey on May 14, 1939, at her
parents' home.
She is survived by her husband; one daughter,
Trudy (and Michael) Escoubas of Bloomington; one
son, Tom (and Maryjane) Rippey of North Carolina;
five grandchildren, Travis Escoubas of Westminister,
Colo., Tyler (and Hilary) Escoubas of Lincoln,
Adrienne Escoubas at home, Maggie (and Ryan)
Trzebiatowski of North Carolina and Jeremy Rippey of
Bloomington; four great-grandchildren, Josh Busto,
Cody Escoubas, and Arial and Ava Trzebiatowski.
She was the last of her immediate family and was
preceded in death by two brothers, Louis and Wesley
Arnold and their spouses of Emden, and one sister,
Dorothy Hoepner and husband of Bloomington.
During the three years her husband was in the
Navy during World War II, she worked at Block Kuhl
in Peoria, at Bell & Howell in Chicago making bomb
sights, and in Norfolk, Va., at Hogshire Tent Co.
making tents for servicemen overseas. Following
World War II she and her husband returned to
Armington. They built a new repair shop in 1957 and
sold it in 1974.
Mrs. Rippey was a member of the Armington Woman's
Club for over 50 years, was past president and held
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She was an avid seamstress, not only for family and
friends, but made hundreds of clothing protectors
plus quilts and lap robes for Lincoln Christian
Village residents, where she volunteered for 30
years.
After moving to Bloomington in 1987, she enjoyed
working every month with the SHARE food program. She
was a block captain in Hilltop Mobile Home Park and
served on the board of Mobile Home Owners
Association.
The Rippeys were a camping family while their
children were growing up, and after retirement she
and her husband made two camping trips up into
Alaska and several caravan tours into Mexico,
Canada, New England states and Nova Scotia. She
always said her camping travels were her
"education," as she met so many wonderful friends
and learned something new every day.
She will always be remembered as "the greatest"
wife, mom, grandma and great-grandma; a fantastic
cook; a seamstress who did beautiful work; and a
person ready to give and do for others.
Memorial donations may be made to the Armington
Christian Church, The Christian Village or OSF
Hospice.
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