Doris M. Ripp

Doris May Frazier Ripp, 78 of Kearney passed away Friday, November 6, 2020 at CHI Good Samaritan Hospital in Kearney. A memorial service will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery in Gibbon following the service. Visitation will be 5:00 -7:00 pm Monday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Gibbon Baptist Church. Condolences may be shared online at www.osrfh.com. Services are entrusted to O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral and Cremation Services. Doris was born May 27, 1942, in Kearney, NE to Lloyd C. and Mildred L. (Vogt) Frazier. She attended Gibbon Public Schools, graduating with the class of 1960. In October of 1965, Doris was united in marriage to Lawrence Ripp. To this union, two children were born: Gene Wayne and Teressa Yvonne. To support her family, Doris worked at Baldwin Filters in Kearney. She was a member of the Gibbon Baptist Church. In 2005, due to a miracle, Doris was reunited with Bonnie, her first-born daughter she had given up for adoption. The last fifteen years have been a blessing to them both. Doris lived most of her life in Gibbon. In 2014, she moved to the Mt. Carmel home in Kearney and later to Homestead Assisted Living. There she kept busy with jigsaw puzzles and found joy in tending and watching the flowers grow outside of her room. She always enjoyed sewing and various crafts. Left to cherish her memory are her daughters, Bonnie (Chad) Chapman of Lincoln and Teressa Short of Baton Rouge, LA; and her son, Gene (Jen) Ripp of Kearney; grandchildren, Roderick Ripp, Kyslie Short, Darren and Tyree Langley, Brian Swink, Brooke (Justice) Shorter, Mariah Putty (fiancé Noah Miller); and great-granddaughter, Adeline Joy Shorter, and another great-grandchild due soon; She is also survived by her siblings, Duane (Garnita) Frazier of Shelton, Doyle (Carolyn) Frazier of Stromsburg, Dorothy (Louie) Valdez of Janesville, WI, Connie Frazier of Wahoo, as well as a host of nieces and nephews who she dearly loved. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, David Frazier.

Doris M. Ripp

May 27, 1942 - November 6, 2020