Simon P. Wippel
Kittitas Co., WA

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Contributed by:  Shelli Steedman 4/20/2007


Simon P. Wippel, pioneer Ellensburg resident and a member of one of the
Kittitas Valley's best known families, died at his home Monday [January 10,
1949] at the age of 77.

Wippel, who had been a farmer in the valley since 1911, had lived in the county
for 57 years.  He was a native of Ripley County, Indiana.

He is survived by two daughters Miss Louise Wippel and Mrs. Helen Bray, both of
Ellensburg; three sons, Lee and Melvin of Ellensburg, and Harold of Portland; a
brother, Peter, of Ellensburg; five sisters, Mrs. Herman Dryer and Mrs. George
Watts of Ellensburg, Miss Elizabeth Wippel of Seattle, Mrs. Paul Mueller of
Spokane, and Mrs. Gertrude Valen of Alhambra, Calif., and one grandchild.

Funeral services for Wippel were held at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Andrew's
Catholic Church.  Interment at Holy Cross Cemetery.