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Ruth Ellen Dain Hippensteel

Female 1933 - 2000  (67 years)


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  • Name Ruth Ellen Dain Hippensteel 
    Born 24 Jun 1933  Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 5 Aug 2000  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3941  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Cecil Vincent Dain,   d. 5 Jan 1980 
    Mother Laura Francis Adams Dain,   b. 2 Jun 1895, Kirksville, Adair County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Feb 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 5 Oct 1920  Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Robert D Hippensteel 
    Married 17 Apr 1959  Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. James Matthew Hippensteel
     2. Becki J Hippensteel Altman
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2017 17:32:16 
    Family ID F3894  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Apr 1959 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCremated - - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Hippensteel, Ruth
    Obituary- Hippensteel, Ruth
    Ruth Ellen Hippensteel
    Ruth Ellen Hippensteel, 67, Silver Lake, died Saturday evening, August 5, 2000, at a Topeka hospital, where she was admitted Friday afternoon after she was injured in a car-truck accident on US-24 highway northwest of Topeka.

    She was born June 24, 1933, in Osawatomie, to Cecil V. and Laura Frances Adams Dain. She graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn and Clark’s School of Business in Topeka. She lived in Osawatomie, Valley Falls, Auburn, Othello, WA, Spanaway WA, and Topeka before she moved to Silver Lake. She was a sales representative for Dain’s Real Estate and Insurance and owned and operated the H&R Block agency in Silver Lake.

    She married Robert D. Hippensteel April 17, 1959, in Silver Lake. He survives.

    Other survivors include a son, James Matthew Hippensteel, Osage City; a daughter, Becki J. Altman, Silver Lake; three brothers, Wesley Dain and Donald A. Dain, both in Silver Lake, and Willis L. “Bill” Dain, Topeka; two sisters, Virginia G. Jackson, Silver Lake, and Nellie Alvera Spelter, Delia; and two grandchildren.

    Mrs. Hippensteel was cremated. A memorial service was at 10:00 Tuesday (this morning) at the United Methodist Church in Silver Lake. Private inurnment will be in Prairie Home Cemetery northwest of Topeka, under direction of Parker-Price Mortuary, Topeka.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Lake Scholarship Fund and sent in care of Dain’s Real Estate, P.O. Box 44, Silver Lake, KS 6653-00449.