PORTLAND —  Ibra L. Ripley, Jr., 88, died peacefully of natural causes at the Maine Medical Center in Portland on Monday morning, June 14, with his family at his side.

Born Dec. 27, 1921, in Rockland, to Ibra L. Ripley Sr. and Emmie Orff, he graduated from Rockland High School in 1939. After graduating, he went to work for Central Maine Power Company. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in February of 1942. He served with the 25th Infantry Division, the famed “Tropic Lightning” Division. During World War II he participated in three campaigns: Guadalcanal and New Georgia in the Solomon Islands, and Luzon in the Philippines. In over three years of wartime service, he earned the Asiatic-Pacific campaign ribbon with two bronze battle stars and the Philippine Liberation ribbon with one bronze star. He rose to the rank of master sergeant and following the war was a first lieutenant in the Maine National Guard.

Rip resumed his career at CMP after the war and progressed through the line department, safety department, and various management positions, retiring in 1984 as western division manager after 45 years. He was a member of Kora Shrine Temple, American Legion, Rotary Club, and other civic organizations.

He married Elsie Mae Pierce of Damariscotta on June 27, 1953. They were married for nearly 46 years until her death in 1999.

He is survived by two sons and a daughter, their spouses and seven grandchildren: Ibra L. III “Chip,” and Deborah Ripley of Denmark, and their daughter, Anastasia, Barry and Judith Ripley of Gray,  and their sons, Marshall and Joseph, and Brenda and Stephan Babirak of Scarborough, and their children, Pierce, Stephanie, Jane and Paul.

He was predeceased by his two sisters, Vivian Spurling and Joan McKim.