OBIT: Francis Clay "Bee" SIPPLE, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  SIPPLE, Francis Clay "Bee"  04/14/05  The New Republic
   April 5, 1932 - April 14, 2005 

    Francis Clay "Bee" Sipple, 73, of Finzel, Md., died Thursday, April 14, 2005,
  at Sacred Heart Hospital, Cumberland, Md. 
    Mr. Sipple was born on April 5, 1932, the son of the late Dale Edgar and
  Pearl E. (Bowser) Sipple.  
    He was also preceded in death by one brother, James Sipple. 
    Surviving are one son, Dennis L. Sipple and wife Mary Ann, Meyersdale; one
  daughter, Doreen L. Pennock and husband David, Shepherdstown, W.Va.; four
  brothers: William "Sodie" Sipple, Grantsville, Md.; Forest Sipple, Mt.
  Pleasant; Joseph Sipple, Frostburg, Md.; George Sipple, Salisbury; five
  grandchildren: Leigh Ann, Lanette, Matthew, Bethany, and Philip. 
    He was a member of the Greenville Lutheran Church, Grantsville Post 214
  American Legion and Walker-Harris Post 8826, V.F.W., Salisbury. 
    Mr. Sipple was a veteran of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. 
    Friends were received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. on Saturday at Newman Funeral
  Home, Inc., Salisbury. Services were conducted in the funeral home at 2 p.m. on
  Sunday, April 17, with the Rev. David E. Fetter officiating. Interment was in
  St. Paul Wilhelm Cemetery. 
    Expressions of sympathy may be directed to Greenville Lutheran Church. 
    Condolences may be sent to the family at www.newmanfuneralhomes.com.