Delaware Co. PAGenWeb Archives Obituaries - Lewis C. BATIPPS, 1947 Contributed to PAGenWeb Archives by Nancy Annie Odegard - Nurse73NAO@aol.com ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ BATIPPS, Lewis C. 1947 29 October 1947 Wednesday Chester Times Obituaries Page 4 of 26 MEDIA MAN ENDS LIFE WITH SHOT LEWIS C. BATIPPS, 41, a lifelong resident of Media, ended his life at 5.45 p.m. yesterday by firing a shotgun blast into his chest at his home, 621 South avenue. He died instantly. Mr. BATIPPS, an employee of the Marshall Coal Company in South Media, had been ill for a month. He left a note, but its contents were not disclosed. He was a son of BESSIE and the late WILLIAM C. BATIPPS. Besides his mother who lives on Painter street, he is survived by his wife, SARAH JANE; a stepdaughter, HAZEL V. SMITH; a stepson, WILLIAM A. SMITH; two sisters, Mrs. JEANETTE REID and Mrs. LENA READING, and a brother, CLARENCE. The latter lives in Morton. Service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at the BATIPPS funeral parlors, 601 Washington avenue, with burial in Union Hill Cemetery. The viewing will be Friday night. This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/delaware/obits/b/batipps-lc.txt