Michael Ray Ripplinger, D'63
Michael Ray Ripplinger, D'63, passed away on December 23, 1998 in East Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Michael R. Ripplinger, 51, Fargo, formerly of Grand Forks, died
Wednesday, Dec. 23, 1998, at home.
Michael Ray Ripplinger was born July 25, 1947, the son of Joseph and Mary (Meagher) Ripplinger, in Grand Forks. He moved with his family to Plummer, Minn. He attended school in Plummer and Omaha, Neb., and graduated from high school in East Grand Forks in 1965. He attended Moler Barber School in Fargo. He owned and operated Mike's Barber Shop in Fordville, N.D. He returned to Grand Forks, where he worked on the Deaconess Hospital. In 1973, he joined the Grand Forks Police Department. He retired in 1982. He married Diane Adams on Aug. 17, 1973. They moved in 1981 to Thompson, N.D., and later to Buxton, N.D., where he owned and operated "Mike's Place". He owned and operated The Eastsider restaurant from 1989 to 1991 in East Grand Forks.
He is survived by daughter, Lisa (Richard) Kelsey, Grand Forks Air Force Base, and Cindy Ripplinger-Fettig, Jamestown; sons, Brian and Aaron, both of East Grand Forks; three grandchildren; a sisters, Mary Joyce (George) Hastings, Grand Forks, and brothers, Joseph (Linda), Grand Forks, and Thomas, Riverfalls, Wis.
He was preceded in death by his parents.