Rose M. Wortman Rippy, 90, of the Canadensis Apartments, 74 Erie Ave., St. Marys, formerly of Johnsonburg, died Monday afternoon (March 10, 2014) at Penn Highlands Elk in St. Marys following a short illness.

She is survived by three sons and four daughters, David (Connie) Rippy of Ridgway, Daniel Rippy and Michael Rippy, both Johnsonburg, Mary (Laverne) Kreckel Jr. of St. Marys, Martha (Ronald) Gabor of St. Marys, Judy (Bruce) Fox of St. Marys and Donna Thayer of Johnsonburg; 17 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and one brother and two sisters, William Wortman of St. Marys, Josephine (Robert) Oxley of Oregon and Ruth Buganza of Punxsutawney.

Visitation will be private. Friends and relatives are invited to attend a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Marys Catholic Church with the Rev. Thomas More Sikora, OSB, as celebrant. Interment will be in St. Marys Catholic Cemetery.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Anthony F. Ferragine Funeral Home, 401 Chestnut St., Johnsonburg.