RIDPATH, Merrill S.

Date of birth:  17 Jun 1912 – Indiana
Date of death: 31 Jan 1971 – Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Edinburgh Tri-County Enterprise, February 3, 1971

SERVICES FOR
MERRILL RIDPATH
THIS AFTERNOON

The Reverend Lester Vanest of the Edinburg United Methodist Church conducted funeral ser­vices this afternoon at Vandivier-Parsley Funeral Home Edinburg Chapel for Merrill S. Ridpath, 58, who died Sunday at the Bartholomew County hos­pital in Columbus after a two-year illness.

Burial was made at Rest Haven Cemetery with state officers of the Loyal Or­der of the Moose lodge serving as pallbears.

Mr. Ridpath was a past state president of the Moose Lodge and currently was deputy supreme gov­ernor of the Southern In­diana Loyal Order of the Moose. He also was a 25-year Mason in the Edin­burg lodge and a 32nd de­gree Mason.

Mr. Ridpath retired as a foreman at Arvin Indus­tries, Inc., in Columbus where he had been employ­ed 36 years.

Surviving are the widow, the former Lillian Cof­fey, 311 North Clay Street; a daughter, Mrs. Charlotte Whited of Franklin route #5; and a grandchild. Also surviv­ing are four brothers, Ralph, Merle and Donald Ridpath all of Edinburg and Kenneth Ridpath of Louisville, Kentucky.

Mr. Ridpath was the son of Frank and Stella Coy Ridpath born in Indian­apolis on June 12, 1912. He was graduated from Edinburg High School in 1930 and was married the same year.

Submitted by Mark Wirey