OBIT: William Joe LIPSIE, 1976, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  LIPSIE
  
  William Joe Lipsie, 27, of Hickory Hill Lane, Somerset lost his life
  in a helicopter crash in the Lowlands of Borneo, Indonesia, July 26,
  1976.  He was born January 7, 1949 in Latrobe.  A son of Mrs. Janice
  L. Shaulis of Somerset and the late William A. Lipsie.  Preceded in
  death by his father, paternal grandfather, William Lipsie; maternal
  grandfather, Joseph Robbins.  Survived by his mother, Mrs. Norman
  (Janice) Shaulis, Somerset; step-father Judge Norman A. Shaulis,
  Somerset; brother, Gregory S. Lipsie of St. Louis, Missouri; one
  sister, Mrs. John (Anette) Barkman, Somerset; maternal grandmother,
  Mrs. Florence Weidenhamer, of Alliance, Nebraska; paternal
  grandmother, Mrs. Ethel C. Lipsie, Blairsville, Pa.  Veteran of the
  Vietnam War where he served as a helicopter pilot.  Member of the
  American Legion, Somerset, -- AREO Club, Somerset, Reserved Officers
  Association; St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Somerset, president of
  the Veteran's Club at California State College, employed by Arizona
  Helicopter Company as a captain.  He was stationed in Jakarta,
  Indonesia.  Friends will be received at the Wilbur D. Miller Funeral
  Home from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday where funeral services will be
  conducted Friday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Carl Hull officiating. 
  Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park.  In lieu of flowers,
  friends may make contributions to the Squadron 608 or Civil Air
  Patrol, Somerset County Airport, Friedens RD 1.
  
  Daily American, August 4, 1976
  
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