Heath Cripe
Heath W. Cripe, 38, of Warsaw, IN passed away on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at his home. He was born on February 24, 1978 in Elkhart, Ind. to Dennis W. “Denny” & Rozella E. “Sandi” (Rohn) Cripe.
He was a lifetime North Webster/Warsaw area resident and graduated in 1996 from Wawasee High School in Syracuse, Ind. He was employed at Zimmer corporation for 12 years.
He attended the Warsaw Community Church and was a member of the American Motorcycle Association.
He is survived by his mother and step father, Sandi and Dean Anderson of North Webster; father and step mother, Denny and Karen Cripe of Winona Lake; two sisters, Charity Makela of Wheaton, Ill., Kristina Cripe of Greenville, N.C.; brother Ben (Tracey) Anderson of Syracuse and maternal grandmother Martha Rohn of Goshen.
He was preceded in death by his sister LeNea Anderson, maternal grandfather Melvin Rohn, paternal grandparents Herbert & Gladys Cripe, and step grandparents Robert and Louise Anderson.
Visitation will be from 4–7 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 10, at Owen Family Funeral Home, SR 13 and CR 500N, North Webster, Ind. Memorial services will follow at 7 p.m. on Tuesday in the funeral home with Pastors Nick Stanton of the Plymouth Community Church and Erik Ohman of the Warsaw Evangelical Presbyterian Church officiating.
Preferred memorials may be given to the Riley Children’s Foundation, 30 South Meridian Street, Suite 200, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. To send condolences to the family in Mr. Cripe’s memory please visit www.owenfamilyfuneralhome.com