OBIT: William Henry SIPPLE, 1941, Saint Paul, Somerset County, PA

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WILLIAM H. SIPPLE

Killed by Auto In Snow Storm
William H. Sipple Struck by Car Driven By Alva J. Nicholson

  Driving through a blinding snow storm, on the road between West Salisbury and 
St. Paul, about 6:30 Saturday evening, Alva J. Nicholson's car struck and killed 
William Henry Sipple, a 71-year-old St. Paul coal miner who was walking along 
the highway.
  Mr. Sipple died instantly of a fracture at the base of the skull, a fractured 
left leg and fractures of the left side of his chest.  Nicholson flagged a 
passing motorist to dispatch a call for Dr. Alexander Solosko of Salisbury to 
come to the scene of the accident, who upon arrival pronounced the victim dead.
  At a coroner's inquest held in Salisbury Monday afternoon Nicholson was 
absolved of blame for the unavoidable accident.  The authorities stated no legal 
action would be taken against him.
  Mr. Sipple was engaged in coal mining practically all his life.  He was 
employed by Milton Bodes who operates a custom coal mine near St. Paul, and 
worked all day Saturday, the day of the fatal accident.
  William Henry Sipple was a son of Richard and Mary (Miller) Sipple, both 
deceased.  His wife, Hestella Sipple, preceded him in death in 1936.
  Surviving are two children: Mrs. Freda Durst of Salisbury, R.D., and Dale 
Sipple of St. Paul.  Surviving are the following brothers and sisters: Lloyd 
Sipple of Salisbury; Francis Sipple of Jerome; George Sipple of Meyersdale; Mrs. 
Milton Bodes of St. Paul and Mrs. Henry Snyder of Pocahontas.
  Also surviving are the following half-brothers and half-sisters: Roy Sipple of 
St. Paul, Mrs. Morgan Walker of Hays Corners, Miss Florence Sipple of St. Paul 
and Mrs. John Weigle of Somerset.  Six grandchildren also survive.
  He was an active member of the Lutheran Church at St. Paul and the Salisbury 
Lodge No. 982 of the I.O.O.F.

Funeral Tuesday

  Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon in the Reformed 
Church at St. Paul by the Rev. S. D. Sigler, pastor of the St. John's Lutheran 
Church, of Salisbury, assisted by the Rev. A. J. Forry, pastor of the St. Paul 
Reformed Church.  Burial followed in the St. Paul Cemetery under the direction 
of Stanley M. Thomas, Salisbury mortician.

Meyersdale Republican, January 9, 1941