Extracted from the Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX)
Sunday, August 4, 2002

Forestine Ripple

DUMAS - Forestine Ripple, 74, died Friday, Aug. 2, 2002.

Memorial services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Boxwell Brothers Funeral Directors Memorial Chapel, with the Rev. Dale Brown, pastor of United Pentecostal Church in Borger, officiating.

Mrs. Ripple was raised in Spur. She had been a resident of Dumas since 1951. She had worked for Dumas Cleaners more than 18 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James J. Ripple, on Jan. 19, 1999. Survivors include two daughters, Helen Murphey and Martha Thompson, both of Dumas; a grandson, Tray Hermesmeyer of Dumas; and two great-granddaughters, Aspyn Hermesmeyer and Blake Cathey.

The family will be at 6026 Highway 87 in Dumas. The family suggests memorials be to Memorial Hospice, 224 E. Second, Dumas, TX 79029.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 4, 2002