OBIT: Michael SIPE, 1932, native of Somerset County, PA

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MICHAEL SIPE

  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday afternoon at the Sipe Hotel at 
Jenners, for Michael Sipe, aged 75, proprietor of the Sipe Hotel, who died 
Saturday evening at the Memorial Hospital in Johnstown, following a long illness 
of stomach trouble.  Rev. Lewis Foltz, pastor of the Stoyestown Lutheran Church, 
officiated.  Interment was in the United Brethren Church Cemetery at Jenners 
Cross Roads.
  Mr. Sipe had been the proprietor of the Sipe Hotel for the last 25 years.  He 
was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sipe and was born at Sipesville.  Many years ago 
he located in Boswell, where he was engaged in farming until he purchased the 
hotel.
  Mr. Sipe was known to many harness racing enthusiasts throughout the eastern 
part of the country.  He always displayed a keen interest in race horses and for 
many years owned a stable of horses, many of which won purses at Pennsylvania 
fairs.  He also owned the site of the old Jenner Fairgrounds.
  Surviving are his wife and four sisters:  Mrs. Ephraim Speicher, of Somerset; 
Mrs. Edward Korns and Mrs. George Schmucker, both of Johnstown, and Mrs. Frank 
Blough, of Jenner Cross Roads.  A son died about 15 years ago.

Meyersdale Republican, December 29, 1932