Robert Russell Ripple

Robert Russell Ripple “Bob”, age 91, formerly of Upper Marlboro, Clinton and Cheltenham Md, died of natural causes on August 10, 2014 at Charlotte Hall Veterans Home. He was born to Mary Catherine Smith and Ammon Cyril Ripple on July 21, 1923 in Cheltenham, Maryland and was the youngest of eight children. Bob lived in Prince Georges County all his life except for a stint in the Air Force during WWII. He graduated from Surrattsville High School in 1940 and married Betty A Selby in 1943. He joined the Air Force and served until he was honorably discharged at the end of the war in 1945 when he returned to Cheltenham and started a family. Bob was a Charter Member of the Lions Club of Clinton and a Past Commander of the American Legion Clinton Post 259 (1955-56). He worked for the Federal Government for the Architect of the Capitol, was a Justice of the Peace obtained a real estate license and started his own construction company, Triple-R-Construction. He had a lifelong love of boats and owned a variety of power boats through the years. Bob is survived by four children, Karen Louise, Robert Richard, Betty Ann and William Selby, five grandchildren, Carolyn Cher Ripple, Michael O’Driscoll Morgan, Kelly Marie Ripple and Julia Selby Ripple and two great grand children Matthew Finnegan McGrane and Michael Morgan. He is predeceased by his wife Mary Catherine, his son Lawrence David, his granddaughter Vickie Penrose Ripple, and great-granddaughter Cierra Marie Morgan. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Robert Russell Ripple please visit our Sympathy Store.