Kimberly Ann (Ripberger) Fletcher

Kimberly Ann (Ripberger) Fletcher, 58 of Monticello, and formerly of Tipton, passed into eternal life on Friday, August 3, 2018 at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born on July 5, 1960 in Morrow, Ohio to Richard Carl & Mary Lou (Thoennes) Ripberger.  Kim married Thomas Edward Fletcher on April 29, 2000 and he survives.

Kim was a retired nurse, last working for Wabash Valley Services in Monticello.  She was a member of Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church in  Monticello.  Kim was a graduate of Tri-Central High School, Class of 1978 and had received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from St. Joseph College in Rensselaer.

Survivors besides her husband Tom include her children, Emmanuel Jason Gonzalez and wife Leah, Indianapolis, Nicholas Gonzalez and girlfriend Kerry Heinlen, Fishers and Amanda (Gonzalez) Crawford and husband Craig, Fishers, Father Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR, Yonkers, New York, Tim Fletcher and wife Tina, Carmel, Megan Fletcher, Portland, Oregon.  Kim is also survived by one brother and two sisters, Michele Reishus and husband Neal, Kokomo, Dean Ripberger and wife Bonnie, Tipton and Julie Wehrli and husband Mark, Carmel; a sister-in-law, Renee Ripberger, Kokomo.

Kim is also survived by 10 grandchildren, Peter and Luke Gonzalez, Elena and Emma Crawford, Jeanne, Matthew, Hannah, Clara, Greta and Stella Fletcher, and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by one brother, Richard Carl Ripberger, II.

A funeral mass for Kim will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, August 7 at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church with Fr. Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR presiding and burial to follow at St. John’s Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 3:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Monday at Young-Nichols Funeral Home, Tipton, with a rosary service and vigil service starting at 7:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions in Kim’s memory may be made to the Building Fund at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 335 Mill Street, Tipton, Indiana, 46072.