Richard Hippert

Richard Verlin Hippert, the son of Benedict and Martha (Ennenga) Hippert was born on August 9, 1934, in Summit Lake Township, Nobles County, MN (near Worthington, MN). He received his education in a country school near his home. Richard was married to Patricia Zimms and later to Cecelia McMullen, and on April 29, 1985, Richard was united in marriage to Marilyn Kueker in Sioux Falls, SD. Richard worked as a chicken truck driver for Tony Downs Foods for many years in St. James, MN, for the granite company in St. Cloud, MN, and then he returned to St. James where he was a warehouse supervisor for Tony Downs. He enjoyed fishing and watching TV. Richard entered the Pleasant View Good Samaritan Center in St. James in November 2007, and this is where he died on Saturday evening, February 9, 2008, at the age of 73 years. Survivors include his wife Marilyn Hippert of Ormsby, 8 children and their spouses Gary Elizabeth Hippert of Aikin, Michael Kim Hippert of Brainard, Carole Condola of Houston, TX, Debra Perez of Houston, TX, Dean Hippert of Mankato, Joseph Hippert of Truman, Tammy Patrick McGovern of Thorton, CO, Jason Trica Katzenberger of Rochester, 7 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren, brother Daryl Kay Hippert of Glenwood, 2 sisters Bonnie Nelson of Brownsdale and Linda Charles Olseth of Mankato. He was preceded in death by his parents.