A former southeast Wisconsin couple has died in the northern California wildfires. The New York Times says 100-year-old Charles Rippey and his 98-year-old wife Sara died together as rapidly moving flames roared through their home in Napa, near San Francisco. Both went to the same elementary school in Hartford — and they graduated from U-W Madison and later raised five children. Seventy-year-old son Mike Rippey said his parents “couldn’t be without each other” — and they most likely would have wanted to die together if they had the choice. Charles and Sara Rippey celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary earlier this year.
Former Elderly Hartford Couple Dies In Wildfires
Oct 11, 2017 | 6:20 AM
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