Celeste Catherine Ringkamp
On May 30th, 2020 Celeste C. Ringkamp (Walck), Loving wife for 54 years, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother passed away at the age of 87.
Celeste was preceded in death by her loving husband, Al, her father, Carl, and her mother, Ruth. She is survived by her two children, Tom (Lynn), Tim (Holley); her 6 grandchildren, Brian, Matthew (Paige), Katelyn, Taylor, MacKenzie; her great-grandchildren, Sophia and Dossey; her siblings, Laverne (Ray) Mueller, and Charlotte (Tom) Dinkel; her brothers-in-law, Jerry (Joyce, deceased) Ringkamp, Don (Carol, deceased) Ringkamp, Steve (Patty) Ringkamp; sister-in-law, Dolly Hoffman; brother-in-law, Ken (MaryJo) Ringkamp and an abundance of nieces and nephews.
Celeste was born in St. Louis, MO. to Carl and Ruth Walck. She graduated from St. John’s High School and then married Al Ringkamp in September of 1957. She worked at Anheuser-Busch, Inc. for over 20 years as an Executive Administrative Assistant for VP Henry Brown and was well respected and admired by all of her co-workers, family and friends alike.
Celeste was well known for her love of family, kind nature, generous spirit, love of books, and spending as much time as she could with her grandchildren.