Ralph W. Cripe, Jr

Sorrow over the death of his wife from tuberculosis in June and discovery that he had the same disease, was believed to have motivated Ralph W. Cripe, Jr., 22, of South Bend, a senior chemical engineering student at Purdue University, to take a fatal dose of phosphorio poison. The youth was found in his room Saturday night and died Sunday. Friends said Cripe feared his illness would prevent his entrance in the army air corps upon graduation next June.

Garrett Clipper Garrett, IN, 19 Nov 1936

Name: Ralph William Cripe

Gender: Male

Race: White

Marital Status: Widowed

Age: 22

Birth Date: 28 May 1914

Birth Place: Goshen, Indiana

Death Date: 15 Nov 1936

Death Place: Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana

Death Registration Date: 1936

Father: Ralph W Cripe

Mother: Mary E Watters

Sources: Ancestry.com, Newspapers.com and FindAGrave.com

11/04/2026 EJS

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