Cheryl Ann Cripe 20, of Pine Manor Apartments in West Lafayette, was killed instantly at 4:10 Thursday afternoon when her car skidded broadside into an empty school bus near East Tripp High School.
  Miss Cripe was employed as a technician at CTS Research, Inc., in West Lafayette for the past 18 months.
  Born in Logansport, she was a graduate of Delphi High School and was a member of the Methodist Church.
  She is survived by her father, Lloyd Cripe, and her mother, Mrs. Mildred Cripe of Delphi; two brothers, Douglas of Lafayette and Dennis, a Marine serving in Vietnam; a sister, Cynthia, at home, and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cripe of Camden and Mrs. Walter Woods of Delphi.
  Rev. Frederick Chandler officiated at final rites at the Cornell Funeral Home Sunday afternoon.  Burial was in Masonic Cemetery.
 
Obituary notice taken from the Delphi Citizen, December 22, 1966