MAYETTA – Jess E. Ribelin, 87, of Mayetta, passed away on Friday, November 15, 2024 at his home near Mayetta.

He was born July 27, 1937 at Dover, the son of Willie and Rosie Morand Ribelin.  He graduated from Dover High School in 1955.  He served four years in the U.S. Navy on several different ships, including a supply ship, an aircraft carrier and the U.S.S. Dixie.

Jess was a member of the First Baptist Church of Hoyt.  He loved hunting and fishing and all things outdoors.  He also loved a good western.

He had worked at Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Topeka for 32 ½ years, and was a farmer and a rancher.

He married Lorendia Williamson on October 17, 1959 in Tulare, California.  She survives, of the home.

Jess was preceded in death by his parents, three brothers, Joseph Ribelin, Karl Ribelin and Robert Ribelin, and one sister, Anna Mae Brown.

Other survivors include four sons, Ken Ribelin, Bryan Ribelin (Donna) and Cary Ribelin (Jamie), all of Mayetta, and Alan Ribelin (Julie), Meriden, two brothers, Steve Ribelin (Darlene), Topeka and Richard Ribelin (Jan), Osage City, a sister-in-law, Mary Ribelin, Oklahoma City, OK, thirteen grandchildren, twenty-four great grandchildren, with two on the way, and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Friday, November 22nd at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt.  Burial with military honors will follow in the Mayetta Cemetery.  Jess will lie in state after 9:00 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home, where visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.  Memorials are suggested to the First Baptist Church of Hoyt, and may be sent in care of the funeral home, PO Box 280, Hoyt, KS  66440.