Obituary - Emma Faye (Bell) Rippeto
Jefferson City News Tribune, Sunday, April 6, 1997
Emma Faye Rippeto, 74, Jefferson City, died Saturday at Capital Region
Medical Center-Southwest (Jefferson City). She was born Oct. 7, 1922, in
Etterville, a daughter of Lonnie and Ada Berry Bell.
She attended Mt. Pleasant School and was a graduate of Barnett High School.
She was a member of First Christian Church, Tipton, and of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars Auxiliary. She worked with the Missouri Department of Revenue
for 25 years, retiring in 1989.
Survivors include: two sons, Stephen L. Finley and Kimberly C. Rippeto, both
of Jefferson City; two sisters, Winnie Hutchison, Excelsior, and Ann Braden,
Jefferson City; and three grandchildren. One son, Benjamin Waylon Finley II,
died in 1952.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Spring Gardens Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Buescher Memorial Home. Memorials
are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice.