CASEY F. RYPKA (FISHER), age 96, of Euclid.

Published in The Plain Dealer on 10/7/2008

Served in U.S. Army Air Corps during W.W. II. Mr Rypka was a former supervisor at Willard
Battery retiring in 1977.

He had played professional baseball in the
Florida State League as a member of the St. Augustine Team. In his early years, he ice-skated and excelled at basketball. He was a 300 bowler and enjoyed bowling into his eighties.

He is survived by his wife of 37 years, Alice Jean (nee Kost), son Robert G. (Janet) Alex
of Florida, grandson Steven M. Alex, and brother Ray Fisher.

He was preceded in death by his first wife Josephine, brothers Ben Fisher, and Stanley and Joseph Rypka, and sisters Mary Supinski and Celia Rypka. Funeral Mass 9:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9 at St Williams' Church, Euclid. Family will receive friends at the ORLANDO-DONSANTE FUNERAL HOME, 29550 EUCLID AVE., WICKLIFFE 2-4 & 7-9 P.M. WEDNESDAY.