Sources: Wendy Rippentrop, Carol Bolin, & Roger Scheunemann
He is married to Grietje J. "Gertie" Rippentrop.
They got married on February 22, 1922 at Titonka, Kossuth Co., IA, he was 31 years old.
Theodore Rike oo Gretje J. Rippentrop
Marr. source: Rippentrop, Wendy, Rippentrop Family Tree, (Pub. location unknown, worldconnect.rootsweb.com, 1 Nov 2001)
'... Grietje 'Gertrude' J. RIPPENTROP ... Marriage 1 Theodore RIKE'
Theodore Rike Jr.
Source: Author: Rippentrop, Wendy, Title: "Rippentrop Family Tree," (Publication location unknown, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, i Nov MMI), Repository: The Cloud
"... Grietje "Gertrude" J. RIPPENTROP ...
Marriage 1 Theodore RIKE"
Author: Bolin, Carol, Title: e-mail to David A. Navorska, (Publication location: Cedar Fls IA, Publisher: CB, Publication date: xiv May MMV)
"Descendants of Mareka H. Willemssen
Generation No. 1
...
Children of MAREKA WILLEMSSEN and JOHANN RIPPENTROP are:
...
x. GRIETJE J. RIPPENTROP, b. 04 Feb 1897; d. 31 May 1992; m. THEODORE RIKE, JR ..."
Author: Scheunemann, Roger, Title: "Scheunemann-deNeui," (Publication location: Albuquerque, MN, Publisher: WorldConnect at RootsWeb.com, Publication date: xvi June MMXVI), Repository: The Cloud
Link: http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=rogeranita&id=I32442
"... Theodore H. Rike Sex: M Birth: 10 JAN 1891 in Wisconsin, USA Death: 1960 Burial: Good Hope Lutheran Cemetery, Titonka, Kossuth Co, IA
Note: Findagrave.com Theodore H. Rike 1891 to 1960 Spouse: Gertrude
Marriage 1 Grietje (Gertie) J. Rippentrop b: 4 FEB 1897 in Kossuth County, Iowa Married: 22 FEB 1922 in Titonka, Kossuth County, IA
Note: Iowa Select Marriages, 1809-1992 Gertrude Rippentrop age 25
father: Johann K. Rippentrop,
mother: Mareka Willamsen,
and Theodore H. Rike"
Author: Boyken, Ruth & Hans-Georg, Title: Obituaries from the area around Titonka ... Kossuth County, Iowa Teil I, (Publication location: Titonka IA, Publisher: Boyken & Boyken, Publication date: MMVII) no pagination, ISBN 0-9670802-8-2, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
"Edward RIKE
* 27 January 1881 near Muscoda, Grant Co., WI as son of Theodore RIKE and his wife * NN
...
... He leaves to mourn his death ... two brothers, ... and Theodore Rike of Titonka ..."
Theodore, Jr. has a brother Edward whose obituary identifies the name of the father to be Theodore Rike Sr., the fact that he has a brother Theodore, and the p;lace of birth for Edward.
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