Cecil J. Ripple, age 86, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Friday, July 17, 2015 at Harbor Haven in Fond du Lac, WI.A celebration of life gathering will be held on Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 from 4pm till 6pm at the Koepsell Funeral Home, Mayville, WICecil was born on February 17, 1929 in Marcellon,WI., the son of the late Joseph Ripple and the late Verbia Smith. Cecil is survived by his eight children, John Ripple of Mayville, Wendy (Mark) Zastrow of Mayville, Wanda (Rueben) Witt of Fond du Lac, Jeff (Laurie) Ripple of Mayville, Justin (Heather) Ripple of Waupun, Jay (Carrie) Ripple of Mayville, Wenona (Randy) Sternberg of Horicon and Jeremy Ripple (Kendall Gourlie) of Mayville. He is further survived by many grandchildren and great grandchildren and his brother Dan (Rose) Smith of Jefferson, WI and his sister Norma Morgan of NC.