Mary Yadwiga Ripple
April 6, 1936 – November 22, 2019
After a long battle with Alzheimer’s, Mary Ripple passed
away peacefully in her sleep at Overlander Extended Care on November 22nd
2019 at the age of 83.
Her children, Janice Cochran (Jim) and Patricia Bugera
are profoundly sad and will miss her, along with her four grandchildren;
Jessica, Ryland, Vladimyr and Oksana, brother Danny Yarmush (Diane), Sister in
law, Margarete Niessen (George), Brother-in-law, Andrew, Nephews Dirk, Joseph,
Michael, Kurtis, and Niece, Kristyna.
She is predeceased by her parents Helena and Joseph
Yarmush, husband Ronald Ripple and infant son, Michael.
Mary was born in Montreal, Quebec in 1936. She grew up in Verdun and helped out in the
family restaurant, where she eventually met the “love of her life”, Ron, who
often frequented the diner for their smoked meat sandwiches and fresh orange
juice. After Mary and Ron were married in 1960, Janice
was born in ’61, then Ron was transferred with the railway and they moved their
young family to Minneapolis, Minnesota, then to Chicago, Illinois where
Patricia was born in ’66. Seattle,
Washington was their next home, then finally, Kamloops.
Mary’s profession and creative outlet was hair dressing. She worked at the Westsyde Beauty Salon and made
many friends at work and in the neighborhood.
She was also an amazing seamstress, beautiful singer in the church choir
and a fabulous cook. If you were lucky
to be invited to Mary’s for dinner, you never went hungry! Her Easter and Christmas feasts were most
memorable.
The family would like to thank the compassionate staff
at Overlander Extended Care and to Dr. Howie who looked after Mary for so many
years.
There will be no service at this time. A
Celebration of Life will be held in the Spring.
Should friends desire, in lieu of flowers, a donation
to the Alzheimer’s Society of BC would be greatly appreciated.
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