Ella Mary Van Vleck Shipley

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Obituary- Shipley, Ella 1

Mrs. R.A. Shipley

Ola Mary Van Vleck Shipley, 79, passed away Saturday afternoon at 4:30 at her home in Rossville following a long siege of ill health.

She was born October 12, 1860, neat Joliet, Illinois, and came to Kansas in 1881. On September 21, 1888, she was married to R.A. Shipley and to them were born five children, two sons and three daughters. One son Roderick, died in France during the World War [missing part] deceased daughters were Mrs. [missing] Guerreri, of Denver and Mrs. [missing] Cormack.

Mrs. Shipley was a lifelong member of the Methodist Church. She had made her home in the house where she passed away for the past forty-four years.

Surviving to mourn her departure are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Strimple of Lawrence; Mrs. Georgia Lambert of Silver Lake; one son William Shipley, Orange, Calif.; thirteen, grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, C.E. Van Vleck of this city.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Wright Horton, of Riley, assisted by the local pastor, Rev. C.P. Broadfoot. Music was furnished by Mrs. Edith Goodnow, soloist, accompanied by Mrs. Albert Shaffer, both from Silver Lake.

The pallbearers were William Bixby, Walter Cless, Ira Hopkins, Martin Larson, Clarence Gresser and Fred McCollough.

Burial was in the Rossville cemetery.

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