OBIT: Richard W. "Jack" SHIPLEY, 1998, Berlin, Somerset County, PA
  
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  RICHARD SHIPLEY
  
    Richard W. "Jack" Shipley, 71, of Berlin, died May 11, 1998, at
  Meyersdale Medical Center.
    Born Jan. 20, 1927, in Connellsville, he was a son of the late
  Charles and Mabel (Poorbaugh) Shipley.  In addition to his parents,
  he was preceded in death by a great-grandson; brothers, Charles and
  Frank; and a sister, Sara Jane Maust.
    Mr. Shipley is survived by his wife of 49 years, the former Edith
  Maust, and these children: William A., married to the former Janice
  Platt; Bonnie Erny; and Jeanne, married to Fred Leister, all of
  Berlin; and R. Wayne Jr., married to the former Cheryl Byers, Mount
  Pleasant.  He is also survived by eight grandchildren and two
  great-grandchildren.  Mr. Shipley was a brother of Donald, Glencoe;
  James, Butler, and Gail Eicher of Huston, Pa.
    He was retired from the Somerset office of the PA Job Service and
  was a World War II Navy veteran.  He was a member of the Holy Trinity
  Lutheran Church, Berlin; the Somerset Lodge F & AM 358; AASR,
  Harrisburg; and the Altoona Shrine.  He was also a member of the
  Berlin Lions Club, American Legion, Berlin Volunteer Fire Department,
  I.O.O.F. and the Last Man's Club.
    Family received friends Tuesday and Wednesday at Deaner Funeral
  Home, Berlin.  Services were scheduled to be held at 11 a.m.
  Thursday, May 14 (today), at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Berlin,
  with Rev. Melvin A. Kirk, Jr., officiating.  Interment, I.O.O.F.
  Cemetery, Berlin.
  
  New Republic, May 14, 1998
  
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