OBIT: Thomas Edward SHIPLEY, 1999, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHIPLEY
  
    Thomas Edward Shipley, 76, of Cumberland, MD., died Monday, Dec. 6,
  1999, in Cumberland, Memorial Hospital.  Born Oct. 25, 1923, in
  Meyersdale, he was the son of the late Fulton Norwood and Katheryn
  (Leonard) Shipley.  Preceded by his first wife, Grace Simpson
  Shipley, his second wife Pearle Shade Skiles Shipley, and a sister,
  Katheryn Shipley Walker.  He was a 1941 graduate of Meyersdale High
  School and a graduate of Fishburne Military Academy, Waynesboro,
  Va.  He served in the U. S. Army from 1943-1945.  He owned Shipley
  Hardware Co., Meyersdale, and Snow White Laundry, Cumberland and
  Somereset.  He was associated with Coddington Lumber Company as a
  sales representative.  He was a current member of Masonic Lodge #554
  and the Hebron Royal Arch Chapter No. 272, Meyersdale, and a former
  member of the Jaffa Shrine Lodge, Altoona.  He was a current member
  of the Loyal Order of Moose and the Eagles of Cumberland and the Elks
  Meyersdale Chapter.  A member and past commander of American Legion
  Post 112, Meyersdale and past county commander of American Legions in
  Somerset County.  He was one of the founders of the Somerset County
  Development Council, past president and secretary of Meyersdale
  Chamber of Commerce.  He was the first secretary of the Meyersdale
  Maple Festival.  He served on various civic organizations as a member
  of and officer.  Mr. Shipley had a host of friends in the tri-state
  area through his associations in business and organizations to which
  he belonged.  One of the highlights of Tom Shipley's life was being
  appointed coordinator of Harry S. Truman's Presidential train that
  stopped in Meyersdale.  He was responsible for clearance of all
  people who met the President and made all necessary arrangements for
  his visits.  Survived by son, Jeffrey T. Shipley and wife Carol of
  Cumberland, stepson, David Skiles of Boston, Mass., three
  grandchildren, Jasper, Hannah and Calab Shipley all of Cumberland,
  sister, Elizabeth Shipley Beamer and husband Henry of Bedford, five
  nieces and two nephews.  Friends will be received in Hafer Chapel of
  the Hills Mortuary, 1302 National Hwy., LaVale, Md., from 2-4 and 7-9
  p.m., Wednesday. Service will be conducted in the funeral home chapel
  at 1:30 p.m., Thursday. Pastor John J. Duffus will officiate. 
  Interment will follow in Maryland State Veterans Cemetery at Rocky
  Gap, Md.
  
  Daily American, December 8, 1999
  
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