Rippey News December 29, 2014
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Dean Wilson of Los Angeles, CA, (left) and Lynn Wilson of Stillwater, MN, (right) helped their father, Errol Wilson (center), celebrate his 96th birthday, which was Dec. 17, 2014. Errol resides at the Rowley Masonic Home in Perry. The staff sang Happy Birthday to him, and he blew out the candles on his special cake. Dean and Lynn appreciate the Rowley staff for putting together the nice birthday lunch for their dad. The singing, birthday cake, and taking pictures were much appreciated. It was a nice event.
Rippey “old timers” will remember Errol as a 1938 graduate of Rippey Consolidated School. For a while he worked at a meat packing house in Perry, and then he worked in sales at Montgomery Ward in Perry and Omaha, NE. In 1942 he purchased a small Phillips 66 service station in Rippey, and began his life’s work in the oil business. In 1945 he built a modern service station in Rippey, which is now Sparky’s. In 1957 he took over his brother Ed’s tank wagon business, and became a Phillips 66 jobber (Wilson Oil Company). Upon Errol’s retirement in 1980, he and his wife LaFaun, spent their winters in Alamo, TX. In 1988 they moved to Alamo. LaFaun passed away on July 28, 2003.
Rippey United Methodist Church: PO Box 286, 103 West Main St. Rippey, IA 50235. Pastors: Enna Antunez and Paul Burrow. Phone: 515-436-7731
Adult Sunday school at 9 am; worship service at 10:30 am. Every Tuesday: Quilters 9 am, coffee and fellowship 10 am – everyone welcome!
No choir practice on New Year’s Eve.
Rippey public library: Sarah Kilgore, librarian. Phone: 515-436-7714; Website: www.rippey.lib.ia.us E-mail: rippeyli@windstream.net. Hours: Monday 1-6 pm, Tuesday 1:30-5:30 pm; Wednesday 3-8 pm; Thursday 10am-2pm; Saturday 1-3 pm.
The Rippey library will be closed Dec. 31 and Jan. 1.
News in and around Rippey
Traveling over the weekend of Dec. 19-22, Nancy and Dale Hanaman celebrated with their granddaughter Adrianna Hanaman for her 17th birthday in Rice Lake, WI. The birthday day dinner included her dad Matthew, and sister Adyara. This was followed by a surprise party with school friends the next night. Dale and Nancy also attended two of Adyara’s basketball games.
On Sunday, Dec. 21, Ben and Midge Vannatta traveled to Guthrie Center to the home of Bryan and Teresa Mowrer for a Christmas dinner. While there Bryan took his friend Bob Livers of Des Moines to a corn field nearby, to hunt deer. He had a camouflaged hut on a hay rack. Bryan pulled it with his tractor and unhooked the hay rack. He did see some deer but they were too far away. Teresa baked a mincemeat pie for a late desert and a good card game was enjoyed.
Gary and Mary Weaver traveled to Sioux City on Saturday, Dec. 20, to watch Nathan Basye play basketball in the 8-year-old YWCA recreation league. They were joined at the game by his parents Matt and Theresa and his sister Lauryn. Lauryn will start playing in a 7-year-old basketball league after the holidays.
Gary and Mary Weaver hosted an early family Christmas at their home on Sunday, Dec. 21, for dinner. Those attending were Dale and Elaine Weaver of Ottumwa and their daughter Lori Mumford of Oskaloosa. Also attending were Dean and Ellen Weaver of Boone and their daughter Kathy Weaver. David, Emily, and Ada Weaver also joined them in a traditional Weaver Christmas meal consisting of red, white, and green layered Jell-O and oyster stew favorites made by their mom through the years.
The Hanaman Halls were jolly with family gathered to celebrate Christmas with Matthew Hanaman, Adrianna and Adyara coming from Rice Lake on Christmas Day, and Sarah and Benji Pearson, Steven, Elizabeth and Andrea arriving from Superior, WI, on Friday. While the family was gathered with Dale and Nancy, they also celebrated Sarah’s birthday on Dec. 28. Guests for Christmas Day dinner also included Mary and Rick Liebich.
Gary and Mary Weaver traveled to Sioux City where they were guests of their daughter and her family on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. They were joined by David, Emily, and Ada Weaver. They report Santa knew Ada was not at home, but in Sioux City.
Delores and Kevin Blanshan of Waterloo, Kelsey Blanshan of Ames, and Eric Blanshan of Boulder, CO, were overnight guests of Virgene Morse on Christmas Eve. Diane and Terry Ostendorf, Ben, Michaela, and Madelyn of Madrid, joined the group on Christmas Eve, and then came for Christmas dinner. The Blanshan family left on Friday. Eric spent a few days with his parents and sister, before returning to Boulder.
Ron and Kathy Brown hosted Christmas dinner for their family on Saturday, Dec. 27. Those attending were Ben Brown and Mandy Heenan of Des Moines and Jim and Jenny Brown, Jaycee and Jasmine of Sioux City and Doris Brown of Rippey.
Alan, Sarah, Kane and Kale hosted the Borgeson family Christmas on Dec. 24. Others attending were Grandma Jean, Michael, Jill, Jace, and Seth, all of Rippey and Robert of Jamaica. As always, the food was plentiful and the youngsters, including the ones in their 40s, were entertaining.
On Christmas, Jean Borgeson joined her sister Elayne and Dean Bice of Johnston for supper. Their children and grandchildren, Chris, Beth and Maggie Bice of Ankeny and Dena and Dave Losen, Tyler and Anna of Urbandale, completed this family gathering. After eating and opening presents, the group watched some old movies that Jean and Elayne’s mother had taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s. This provided much entertainment, trying to identify when, where and sometimes, who we were watching.
