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In memory of
Ryan Joshua Trippett
January 13, 1986 - November 10, 2019
Jan 13, 1986 - Nov 10, 2019
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In lieu of flowers, consider a gift to AREA 59 - Gillette College Center for Innovation & Fabrication.
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Ryan was a visionary, generous with his heart and talents, intelligent and wildly creative. He never met a stranger because soon they were his friend. He enjoyed the quietness of a mountain top, the roar of the ocean and the beauty of a sunset.
He was passionate about his family and deeply loved God.
His thinking and outside-of-the-box creativity recently reached new heights where, on his days off from his job at Antelope mine, he would often be found at his “home away from home,” the Gillette-based Area 59, a center for innovation and fabrication.
He was featured in the local magazine 82717 where it was said that he was “working on his third résumé. Along with the two notches he already has on his belt as a welder/machinist, and conversely, a computer/IT guy, the 33-year-old Gillette transplant is now challenging himself to learn some new skills.”
He thrived on teaching others how to use the complex laser cutters, 3D printers, the CNC turning and milling machine and other equipment. There wasn’t a machine there that he hadn’t learned how to use. As a result, he created many amazingly beautiful projects and the start of his own business, Designs by Ryan.
He was preceded in death by his father, Allen Trippett; grandma, Waunita, and grandpa, Sylvester Bergstrom; grandpa, Dan Applebaker; and grandpa, Rex Meinzinger.
Ryan is survived by his daughters, Leah and Zoey; parents, Sonja and Joe Applebaker; sisters, Annika Fraley and husband Shawn, and Tamara Applebaker; grandmas, Betty Applebaker, Bonnie Meinzinger and Dena Trippett; nieces, Makynzi and Cecilia; nephew, Mason; his aunts, uncles, many cousins and numerous other friends and family members.
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Annika Fraley (Ryan's sister) and
Sonja Applebaker (Ryan's mother).
