Helen Ione KNUTSON

23rd Jun 1904 - 29th Jul 1988

Life History

23rd Jun 1904	Born in Badger, Minnesota, United States of America
1927	Educated Canadian Junior College, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
9th Oct 1933	Married Charles Ernest RIPPINGTON in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada Nov. 14, 1933 CANADIAN UNION MESSENGER Rippington-Knutson ON THE evening of October 9, about seventy guests met at the home of Sister Knutson at Lacombe to witness the ceremony which united Helen Ione Knutson to Charles Ernest Rippington. This young couple is well and favorably known throughout the conference, and I am sure all will wish them a happy wedded life. A. V. RHOADS.
31st Jul 1986	Death of Charles Ernest RIPPINGTON in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
1988	Buried in Fairview Cemetery, Lacombe, Alberta, Canada
29th Jul 1988	Died in Lacombe, Alberta, Canada

RIPPINGTON-Helen (Knutson)
Rippington was born in Badger, Minnesota on June 23,1904 and passed to her rest at Lacombe on July 29, 1988.
Following her marriage to Charles Rippington in 1933, Helen dis-
She is survived by three nieces and three nephews.
Funeral services were held at Wilson's Funeral Chapel in Lacombe, Alberta with Pastors Don Corkum and Roy Dubyna officiating.
She was laid to rest in the Fairview Cemetery in Lacombe to wait until the resurrection morning.
1978 BA & CJC First 50-yr or more Reunion
Canadian University College
The first 50-year reunion of Battleford Academy and Canadian Junior College students was held in 1978 with 15 in attendance.
They are: Albert Tetz 1924, Blanche Palmer Tetz attended 1919, John Berfus attended 1916, Esther Roth Befus 1928, William G. McCready, 1915 and 1921, Helen Knutson Rippington 1927, Eunice Keller Hnatyshyn 1924, John Hnatyshyn 1925, Hazel Simmonds Newcom 1928, Mr. Newcom, Anna Leiske Wetzel 1927, Bernice Deer Shearer 1924, Frank W. Shearer 1928, Myrtle Miller Pierce 1924, Warren Pierce 1927.
(Helen is 6th from the left)