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Graveside
services for Samuel Abraham Shippy, 66, of
Caldwell, who died Tuesday, Aug. 18, at home of
natural causes, were held today at 3 p.m. at the Knowlton Heights
Cemetery, Caldwell.
The Followers of Christ Church officiated, under
the direction of the Dakan Funeral Chapel,
Caldwell.
Mr. Shippy was born
Dec. 14, 1920, at Aline,
Okla., to William and Artie Elliott
Shippy.
He married Marjorie
Ging of Aline in 1940. She
died in July 1952.
He married Enid
Decker of Enid, Okla.,
June 12, 1953. They
moved in April 1954 to Weiser and in June 1966 to
Caldwell, where they had since resided.
He was a member of
the Followers of Christ Church, Caldwell.
He is survived by
his wife of Caldwell; seven sons, Terry, Samuel, Robert,
Floyd, and Jay Shippy, all of New Plymouth, and Don and Joe
Shippy of Caldwell; two daughters, Mary Milburn and Enid
Austin, both of Caldwell; four sisters, Naomi Micka and Eula
Davis, both of Caldwell, Juanita Johnson of Baker, Ore., and
Leah Mayo of Anthony, Kan.; two brothers, Frank Shippy of
Buffton, Alberta, Canada, and Bill Shippy of Caldwell; 79
grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in
death by a son, two daughters, two sisters, five grandchildren
and two great-grandchildren. |
