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Sherry Lady (Ripple) was born in Portland, Oregon, where she lived until the age of nine. At that time she, her parents and her sister Kathleen moved to a farm in a small hamlet known as Cove Orchard located in Yamhill County. She attended the small, two storied school known as Cove Orchard Grade School, a two story building on property that had a small creek running through the field surrounding it. When she graduated from the 8th grade here, she attended Yamhill High School in the small but historic town of Yamhill, located three miles from her home.

Upon graduation from high school, she attended Oregon college of Education where she earned her BS Degree in education with a minor in art. It was here that she met her husband, Robert, who was majoring in Secondary Education. They were married for 58 years, until his passing in 2016. During the early years of their careers they both taught in Dallas, Oregon where they became parents of their two children, Julie and Jeff. After two years the family moved to Aloha, Oregon where Sherry spent time at home while Robert taught at Sunset High School.

In 1966 the family of four moved overseas to Japan where Sherry returned to the classroom and Robert was on the high school staff at the American School in Japan 32 miles outside of Tokyo. Julie and Jeff attended the school along with their parents. Upon completion of of four years in Japan, the family moved to Eugene, Oregon where Sherry and Robert continued their careers in education and Sherry completed her Masters Degree in Education at the University of Oregon, along with an associate degree in Theater.

After retirement, Sherry entered ministerial training at Unity School in Lee’s Summit, Missouri and was ordained in June of 1996. She then returned to her home church in Eugene and became Associate Minister and youth education director, as well as director for their theater musical productions. No longer youth education director, she serves now on a three person ministerial team and share with others in leadership of the church. In November of 2022 she celebrated her 86th birthday.