Sr. Mary Ripplinger, OP, formerly Sr. William Christine Ripplinger, died July 22 at the Dominican Life Center in Adrian. She was 88 and in the 68th year of her religious profession in the Adrian Dominican Congregation.

Sr. Ripplinger was born in Chicago to Edwin and Clara (Wangler) Ripplinger. She earned degrees from Siena Heights College (University) in Adrian and the University of Detroit.

Sr. Ripplinger spent 57 years in education in Michigan, North Dakota and Illinois. In Michigan, she taught at St. Brigid, Detroit (1947-48); St. Alphonsus, Dearborn (1948-53); St. Dominic, Detroit (1953-56); St. Ambrose, Detroit (1956-57); Sacred Heart, Munising (1957-59).

Sr. Ripplinger is survived by a brother, Charles Ripplinger, of Wyoming, Mich., and a sister, Frances Swick, of Boynton Beach, Fla.

A funeral Mass was July 25 in St. Catherine Chapel in Adrian. Rite of committal was in the Congregation cemetery.