Richard Carl Ripple

Background

Ripple, Richard Carl was born on September 9, 1934 in Maquoketa, Iowa, United States. Son of George Harold and Eathel Imogene (Romer) Ripple.

Education

Bachelor, U. Iowa, 1955; Juris Doctor, U. Iowa, 1958.

Career

Associate, Clifton O'Harra Office, Carthage, Illinois, 1958-1960; partner, O'Harra & Ripple, Carthage, 1960-1964; partner, Capps & Ripple, Carthage, 1964-1976; assistant attorney general, State of Illinois, Carthage, 1968-1976; associate circuit judge, State of Illinois, Carthage, 1976-1988; circuit judge, State of Illinois, Carthage, since 1988; chief judge 9th judicial circuit, State of Illinois, since 1991.

Achievements

• Bar: Iowa and Illinois 1958.

Membership

President Carthage chapter Kiwanis, 1965, Robert Morris College Ednl. Foundation, Carthage. Chairman Hancock County unit Cancer Society, 1990.

Member Illinois State Bar Association (member assembly 1972-1976), Hancock County BarAssn. (past-president), Carthage Chamber of Commerce (past-president).

Interests

• Avocations: golf, reading.

Connections

Married Janet Aileen Manternach, May 14, 1960 (deceased July 1982). Children: Brett, Jennifer. Married Saundra Lee Farmer, February 16, 1984.

Father:

George Harold Ripple

Mother:

Eathel Imogene (Romer) Ripple

Spouse:

Janet Aileen Manternach

Spouse:

Saundra Lee Farmer

child:

Jennifer Ripple

child:

Brett Ripple