DOT RIPPEE
ALLEN-Services for Dora Faye "Dot" Pierce Rippee, 71, of Allen are 11:00 a.m. Thursday at the Richmond Avenue Free Will Baptist Church, Rev. Buddy Drake will officiate. Burial will follow at the Allen Cemetery.
Mrs. Rippee died Monday, April 2, 2012 at her home. She was born August 2, 1940 in McLeansboro, Illinois to Herman and Ruby Prince Pierce. She attended high school at Tulsa Central in Tulsa, Oklahoma and moved to this area in 1973 from Tulsa.
She married John Rippee on August 11, 1958 in Claremore, Oklahoma. Mrs. Rippee had attended the Pontotoc Vo-Tech and was a certified nurse's aide. She was also a homemaker and of the Catholic faith. Mrs. Rippee was a gardener, and an avid reader.
Survivors include her husband, John Rippee, of the home; daughters, Debbie Prentice and husband Bradley of Allen, Donna Bench and husband Del Holt of Pottsboro, TX, and Denise Griffith and husband Frank of Allen; a son, Danny Rippee of Atwood; six grandchildren, Amber Ford and husband Derek, Derek Prentice and wife Heather, Brooke Baber and husband Caleb, all of Allen, Dr. Bennie John Bench and wife Lara of Fayetteville, AR, Terra Wainscott and husband Cody of Allen, and Trevor Griffith of Allen; and her great grandchildren, Kaylee Ford, Lainey Ford, Addison Prentice and Kingston Jett Prentice, all of Allen.
She was preceded in death by her parents, and brother, Billy Pierce
Bearers will be her grandsons, Dr. B. J. Bench, Derek Prentice, Trevor Griffith, Derek Ford, Cody Wainscott, and Caleb Baber.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.

Criswell Funeral Home, Ada