Frank G. Rippl dead at 71

Frank G. Rippl died August 11, at the age of 71. Born July 8, 1947, in Neenah, Wisconsin, he served as organist and choirmaster of All Saints Episcopal Church, Appleton, Wisconsin, for 46 years, retiring on January 7.

Rippl earned the Bachelor of Music Education and Organ degree from Lawrence University Conservatory of Music where he studied organ with Miriam Clapp Duncan, and received a Master of Music degree in Orff-Schulwerk from the University of Denver. He also studied at the Royal School of Church Music in England.

In 1979 he co-founded the Appleton Boychoir. Rippl taught elementary vocal music in the Appleton Area School District for 33 years. In 1996 he founded the Lunchtime Organ Recital Series held each summer in the Appleton area attracting organists from all over the country. Upon retirement from school teaching, he returned to Lawrence to have additional organ study with Wolfgang Rübsam.