Helmut Rippel

Services for Helmut Rippel, 69, Shawnee, will be 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 16, at Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Burial will be in Jefferson, Iowa.
Mr. Rippel died Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011, at his home.
He was born in Budapest, Hungary, and immigrated in 1956 to Missouri. He was with Todd and Sargent in Ames, Iowa, for 23 years before founding Industrial Project Services, Inc. He retired Oct. 31, 2011.
Survivors include his wife, Virginia “Becky” Rippel, of the home; a daughter, Annemarie Gremminger (Robert), Shawnee; five grandchildren; two sisters, Ute Rippel, Mesa, Ariz., and Helma Martinez, San Antonio, Texas.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15, at the funeral chapel.
The family suggests memorials to Heartland SPCA (Animal Haven), 9800 W. 67th St., Merriam, KS 66203 or Kansas City Hospice, 10100 W. 87th St., Suite 100, Overland Park, KS 66212.