Catherine F Pickett Shipley

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Obituary- Shipley, Catherine

GRANDMA SHIPLEY
Mrs. Catherine Shipley, mother of R. A. Shipley, was stricken with an attack of heart trouble Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock and died soon after at the home of Henry McGuire. Mrs. Shipley had been visiting with Mrs. and Mrs. McGuire and started to return to her son’s home when seized with a fainting spell on the street. Neighbors carried her to the house and she died without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Shipley was nearly 86 years of age. She was well known over many neighborhoods having spent many years as a canvasser for books and other articles, and she was very much thought of. Her sudden death brings a touch of sorrow to a large circle of friends. Mrs. Shipley had just returned Thursday from her daughter’s home at Manhattan.

Catherine F. Pickett was born November 15, 1828, in Winfield, Maryland. She was united in marriage with Roderick Shipley, January 4, 1855 and continued to reside at Winfield until 1872, when her family moved to Pottawatomie county, Kansas, locating 4 ½ miles southwest of Westmoreland. Mr. Shipley died February 27, 1884. Mrs. Shipley came to Rossville in 1886 where she has made her home since. Funeral services were held in the M. E. church, Monday afternoon at 1:30 conducted by Rev. J. K. Miller, and the remains taken to the old Cooper cemetery near the Sales school house, 4 ½ miles southwest of Westmoreland, for burial by her husband’s side. Mrs. Shipley is survived by one son and one daughter, R. A. Shipley of Rossville and Mrs. Anna Bailey, of Manhattan.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our mother.

Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Shipley
Mrs. Anna Bailey.

Irvin Wilt conveyed the remains of Grandma Shipley to the cemetery southwest of Westmoreland, Tuesday, in his auto truck. He left here at 8 o’clock and arrived at the burial grounds at 12. Half of the trip was made over very muddy roads. R. A. Shipley and Seth Carmack accompanied him.