Private Life
Ripley married three times:
- 1928 Harry W. Gilbert giving one daughter, Shirley Anne
- 1945 Squadron Leader John Price (died 1952)
- Flight-Lieutenant E. A. Dick
Her recreations were swimming, gardening, knitting, and ballroom dancing. After the war, she lived in London & Pagham, Sussex.
Ripley died in Chichester of breast cancer on 21 December 1955.
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