Floyd Raymond Petiprin

PETIPRIN, FLOYD RAYMOND (PETE) 103 WENT TO BE WITH HIS HEAVENLY FATHER ON OCTOBER 23, 2014. CAPTAIN PETIPRIN WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 29,1910, ON HIS FAMILY FARM IN TUSCOLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN, TO MYRON AND GERTRUDE PETIPRIN. HE WAS EDUCATED AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY(B.A.) AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (MBA). HE WAS A CAREER NAVAL OFFICER OF 41 YEARS. HIS TOURS OF DUTY TOOK HIM AND HIS FAMILY ALL OVER THE WORLD. HE SERVED ON MANY SHIPS DURING WORLD WAR II, FIGHTING IN 13 MAJOR ENGAGEMENTS IN THE PACIFIC. HE ROSE TO THE RANK OF CAPTAIN RETIRING IN 1972 TO WINTER PARK, FLORIDA. HE CHERISHED HIS MEMBERSHIPS IN THE STAG CLUB OF WINTER PARK AND THE UNIVERSITY CLUB OF WINTER PARK. CAPTAIN "PETE" WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE WINTER PARK PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. HE AND HIS WIFE EMILY MOVED TO THE WINTER PARK TOWERS IN 1985. THERE, HE WAS ACTIVE ON THE RESIDENTS' COUNCIL. HIS FIRST WIFE EMILY H. PETIPRIN PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH IN 1998. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE LOUISE PETIPRIN, HIS SON, LCDR. ERIC K. PETIPRIN (USN RET.), OF TIERRA VERDE, FL., HIS DAUGHTER, NANETTE P. MARRANCA AND HER HUSBAND, CHARLES OF MORGANTON, NC., FOUR GRANDCHILDREN: ANDREW PETIPRIN AND HIS WIFE AMBER,ORLANDO, FL, MARY ANNE MULLINS AND HER HUSBAND CHUCK,ORLANDO, FL, KARIN FIELDS AND HER HUSBAND DAVID,GAINESVILLE, FL, PHILIPPE LAWRENCE, TALLAHASSEE, FL; THREE GREAT GRAND CHILDREN, ALEX, AIMEE AND JOSHUA. A GRAVESIDE MILITARY CEREMONY WILL BE HELD AT PALM CEMETERY, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA. A RECEPTION WILL FOLLOW AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE WINTER PARK TOWERS. CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE AT WWW.BALDWINFAIRCHILD.COM.