Sara Rippy Kalina

Funeral services for Sara Anne Rippy Kalina, 80, of Gainesville, are set for Monday, April 1, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Don Yeager officiating. Burial will follow in the Fairview cemetery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A visitation will be held from 3:00 - 5:00 P.M. Sunday, March 31, 2013 at the funeral home.


Sara Anne Kalina was born on May 12, 1932 in Overton to Evan O'Rear and Anna Eudoxia Roberson McKinney. She passed away on March 28, 2013 in Grapevine.

She grew up in Sheridan, AR. She graduated Valedictorian of her high school, and top of her class at the University of Arkansas. She was a teacher; she managed several businesses; and was a member of the Republican Women's Group.


Sara is survived by her husband Robert "Bob" Kalina of Grapevine, formerly of Lake Kiowa; brother Leonard McKinney and his wife Patsy of Magnolia, AR; daughter Sidney McLaughlin and her partner Kent Ray of Pilot Point; son Vince Rippy and his wife Doris of Gainesville; daughter Janeen Karm and her husband Rich of Hot Springs Village, AR; son Arlan Kalina and his wife Allesandra of Haltom City; son Robert Kalina, II and his wife Vicki of Bedford; daughter Kathy Davis of Ft. Worth; grandchildren Denise Hannesschlager and her husband Mike, Sarita Cleveland and her husband Kevin; Ally Asaff and her husband Eric; Tice Rippy and his wife Samantha, Ross Rippy, John Martin and his wife Clarissa, Megan Sanders and her husband Nathan, Jennifer Lanning and her husband Craig, Craig Whitney, Renee Whitney, Robert Kalina, Stephanie Kalina, Christine Palmer, Shelly Kalina, Elaine Kalina, Kerri Kalina, and Ashley Davis; great-grandchildren Avery Hannesschlager, Noelle Hannesschlager, William Hannesschlager, Emily Cleveland, Alexis Martin, Allyson Martin, Olivia Sanders, Lillian Sanders, and Elizabeth Mae Lanning and several nieces and nephews.


She was preceded in death by her parents and her first husband Kenneth Wade Rippy in 1994.