Signe Suzanne Riopelle

Heartfelt, & very belated, condolences to the Riopelle clan for a Beautiful, Warm mother!! From an old friend across the street...

Dear Riopelle Family
Our hearts go out and we send much love on such a sad occasion
Trula, Gary & Coltrane

We will miss our beloved Signe--our mother's best friend at Poly and Stanford and a lifelong friend of the Hansen/Zarifes family. Signe and Gary were a model couple who raised a loving family of four children we adore and admire. Thank you for amazing childhood memories and for the fun you and our parents continued to enjoy later in life. You touched our lives with your warm smile, welcoming heart and fun spirit. May Signe's memory live on through Robin, Rolly, Russell and Randy and their...

I am so sorry for your loss. This tribute to her is very interesting to read and she was clearly a remarkable woman. I attended PACE with Robin, a significant influence on my life.

I first met Signe when I was ten years old. Rollie was three and Robin was just a baby crawling on the floor. I became apart of the Riopelle family and was known as Ronnie the babysitter.
When I write out a check and wash a window I always think of Signe. When I first got a check book and started writing out checks, I didn't understand why I had to put the symbol of & on the check. Signe explained to me that the decimal point on the check means and. So wow, I thought, now I understand...

I did not know this smart, accomplished woman. I would like to compliment her family on the lovely obituary. A wonderful tribute.

Sharing in your sorrow with love and friendship...Alan Davis

During some of those years Signe spent subbing in the LB school district, I was one of those high school English teachers who ALWAYS requested her as my sub. I felt extremely fortunate whenever she could take the spot because I knew that she would follow my lesson plans, but also stay flexible, that I'd get a full and meaningful report from her, and that my students would be calm and happy and productive during their time with her.