OBIT: Robert F. TIPTON, 1986, native of Berlin, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by John C. Oester. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ TIPTON Robert F. Tipton, 59, 330 East Roseville Road, Lancaster, Pa , died March 30, 1986, at home. Born in Berlin, son of the late Freeman R. and Lena (Deeter) Tipton. Survived by wife, Mary P. "Polly" (Pugh) Tipton; three children: R. Bradley, at home; William R., Lititz, Pa.; and Elizabeth T., wife of Stephen Kirchner, Lancaster; three grandchildren and four adopted grandchildren. Brother of Jack C., Falls Church, Va. Vice President of Applied Research & Development at Science Press, Ephrata, Pa.; three-term director of the National Composition Assoc. in Washington, D.C., and a member of numerous International Printing Trade Organizations. In 1980, he was honored with the Key Employee Award of the National Assoc. of Printers & Lithographers, for devising Science Press's automated systems for computerized typesetting and composition. He also played a major role in setting up the company's museum. Member of the Grace United Church of Christ in Lancaster. A graduate of Berlin High and the University of Pittsburgh. He also attended Carnegie Mellon University and Franklin & Marshall College, where he taught evening classes in Graphic Arts. A former employee of the Somerset Daily American, the Johnstown Tribune-Democrat and the Meyersdale Republican. He was a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army in Germany and France during World War II. A member of the American Legion Post 445 in Berlin. Funeral service at Grace United Church of Christ in Lancaster on Wednesday at 10 a.m. lnterment, Odd Fellows Cemetery, Berlin, on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. Viewing at the funeral home of Fred Groff lnc., 234 W. Orange St., Lancaster 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and at the church on Wednesday from 9 a.m. to service time. Please omit flowers. If desired, memorials may be sent the organ fund of the Grace United Church of Christ. Daily American, April 1, 1986 [T374]