He graduated from University High and Arizona State University and worked in the motion picture industry as a film distributor for 50 years.
He was actively involved in SGI-USA, a Buddhist community, and also volunteered for the Thousand Oaks Police Department for several years.
He is preceded in death by his father, Herman Ripps and his mother, Marigold Ball Ripps.
He is survived by his wife, Renee Nourai Ripps, his sister, Hillary Ripps, his brother, Michael Ripps and his step daughter Susan Panico.
The family would like to thank our friends and relatives for the care and compassion they showed Paul in life and in his final days
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