Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Whipple, Sandra L. (Thorp) 2002 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 19, 2011, 11:53 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 2002 Sandra “Sandy” L. Whipple (nee Thorp), 62, of Grand Rapids, passed away unexpectedly Sun., Feb. 10, 2002. Sandy was born and raised in Ionia. She was preceded in death by her parents, Myrtle and Elton Thorp; her step-father, Arthur Swanson; and her in-laws, Dwight Sr. and Olive Whipple. She is loved and will be missed by her family, husband of 42 years, Dwight Whipple; daughter, Patti (Ed) Reynolds; son, Dave (Amy) Whipple; grandchildren, Katy, Patrick, Betsy, Trisha Reynolds and Samuel Whipple; brother-in-law, Clyde (Sonja) Whipple of Traverse City; niece, Linda (David) Todd and their granddaughter, Sally Ann of Indianapolis, Ind.; nephew, Tom Whipple of Atlanta, Ga.; and her step-brothers and sisters, Carol (Larry) Gregory, Conrad (Joan) Swanson and Mary Ann Swanson. Funeral and committal services will be held 3 p.m., Wednesday at Aldersgate United Methodist Church, 4301 Ambrose Ave., NE., with the Reverends Ellen Brubaker and Cathi Gowin officiating. Relatives and friends may meet her family from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday at the Reyers North Valley Chapel, 2815 Fuller Ave., NE, at 3 Mile Rd. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Blodgett-Butterworth Health Care Foundation for the Cardiac Unit. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/w/whipple13531nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb