San Joaquin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Shipman, Donald Virgil November 16, 2005
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The Tracy Press
Donald Virgil Shipman

Nov. 5, 1932 — Nov. 16, 2005

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday for former Tracy resident 
Donald Virgil Shipman, 73, who died Wednesday at his Yerington, Nev., home.

Mr. Shipman was born in Turlock, the son of Virgil and Stella Shipman. He 
served in the U.S. Army and is a veteran of the Korean War. After the service 
and before retiring, Shipman worked for Kaiser Cement Corp. as a heavy 
equipment mechanic. He was an avid motorcycle enthusiast, and volunteered on 
the restoration of the historic locomotive for the Copperbelt Railway at the 
Railroad museum.

Mr. Shipman is survived by his children, Ronald Shipman, and his wife Kristie, 
of Stockton, Donnice Walter, and her husband, Fred, of Modesto, Tony Shipman, 
and his wife, Vicki, of Cottonwood, Donald Shipman of Saratoga, Eric Shipman 
of Reno, Nev., Ed Shipman, and his wife, Kate, of Santa Fe, N.M.; seven 
grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Alice Shipman.

Monday’s Mass will begin at 2 p.m. at St. Therese Church of the Little Flower, 
875 E. Plumb Lane, in Reno. Visitation will be observed from 5 to 7 p.m. 
Sunday at Freitas Rupracht Funeral Home, 25 Hwy 208, Yerrington, Nev., 89447, 
with a rosary to be recited at 7 p.m. Interment will be in Mountain View 
Cemetery in Reno.

Published on Saturday, November 19, 2005, in the Tracy Press. 


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