Ralph George Fripp

BRIGHAM CITY Ralph George Fripp, 86, passed away at the Ogden Regional Medical Center at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday July 9, 2005.
Ralph was born November 12, 1918 in Colchester, England to Fredrick Crawford and Georgina Phillips Fripp. He lived in South Africa until he was 8 years old. Following the death of his Mom, he returned to England to live with his paternal grandparents in Somerset, England where he met the love of his life Doris Dicks. He and Doris were married on October 3, 1940.
Conscripted into Royal Navy in September 1939 he served the entire length of WWII on the Battleship HMS Duke of York. In 1957 Ralph and Doris moved to Bloemfentein, South Africa with their four children. They joined the LDS Chruch in June 1962 in Bloemfontein. In Bloemfentein, Ralph and Doris ran a building repair business. Ralph and Doris immigrated to the US in October 1978, settling in Brigham City where Ralph took employment as a carpenter with Thiokol. He then drove a school bus for the BE School District for five years, retiring in 1986.
Ralph was set apart as a sealer by President Spencer W. Kimball and served two Temple Missions with Doris: London, England Temple 1976 and Johannesburg Temple in 1987. Ralph was a High Priest serving as a Branch President in South Africa and various other Church callings. He and Doris served for five years in the Dutch Name Extraction Program in Brigham City.
Ralph is survived by his wife, Doris; three daughters, Dawn Riggs, FL; Grace (Eric) Read, Brigham City; Ruth (Rod) Covey, AZ; and one son, Peter (Lizelle) Fripp, West Jordan, 11 grandchildren, seven step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren and eight step great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Friday, July 15, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Brigham City 4th Ward Chapel, 25 North 300 East, Brigham City.
Friends may call on Friday from 9:30 to 10:40 a.m. at the Church.
Interment will be in the Brigham City Cemetery.
VisitationBrigham City 4th Ward Chapel
25 North 300 East
Brigham City, UT 84302
July 15, 2005
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM
ServiceBrigham City 4th Ward Chapel
25 North 300 East
Brigham City, UT 84302
July 15, 2005
11:00 AM
CemeteryBrigham City Cemetery
325 South 300 East
Brigham City, Utah 84302
July 15, 2005
12:00 PM