1939
Billie
2014
Billie Shipley
February 25, 1939 — December 17, 2014
Kiowa-Billie Marlene Pippin Shipley passed away on December 17, 2014 at her home in Kiowa, Kansas after battling terminal cancer and failing heart conditions. Her funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 20 at 10:00 a.m. at Lanman Funeral Home Chapel located at 204 North 7th Street in Kiowa, Kansas. Burial services will be held following the service in Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery in Hardtner, Kansas. Viewing is Friday from 2:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. with the family present from 6:00 until 8:30. Condolences may be shared with the family at www.lanmanmemorialscom. Memorials may be made through the funeral home to Hospice Care of Kansas in which several individuals helped with Billie's physical care the last year of her life.
Billie Marlene Pippin Shipley was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 25, 1939 to Hershel Franklin Pippin and Antonia Mary Coons. Billie is the only child of that marriage. She married Frankie Dean Shipley at Newton, Kansas on May 7, 1955 into which four sons and three daughters were born and raised in the Alva, Oklahoma/Kiowa, Kansas area. She currently has seven children; nineteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren with one more great-grandchild on the way.
Billie was a very quiet, but energetic person who did many things throughout her life. During the time that she was raising her family she developed an interest in doing genealogy (family history) work and has traveled to many areas of the country trying to locate and gather information on both her own family lines as well as those on Frank's side of the family. She has established ties in many of the lines as far back as the 1600's and some before. Billie also met with several family history interest groups in Alva throughout the years and even taught genealogy classes here in Kiowa, Kansas for a short period of time.
Billie also was a hard worker. Not only did she raise seven children, but she also worked outside the home as well. She worked with her husband, Frank at the Rialto Theatre as a concession worker and a film operator. She also worked at Pangburns Cafe on Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva as a waitress for several years. Later on when her children were a little older, she went to work at Wal-Mart in Alva as a customer service representative. She worked for Wal-Mart for well over twenty years total in her lifetime, to include a three year period when she lived in Independence, Kentucky, when she, Frank and Lance temporarily relocated for a short period of time. Billie retired from the Wal-Mart in Alva in August of 2011. Billie also worked at "Franks - Nursery and Crafts" while living in Kentucky.
And last, but certainly not least, Billie also did volunteer work as well and spent many hours at "The Manor" - the rest home for the elderly in Kiowa, Kansas. She worked with her daughter, Vikki for several years to provide the residents with a craft period every week and to decorate the residents' bulletin board every month.
Billie was a wonderful wife, a loving mother and a kind and gentle grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a very religious person and loved to share her beliefs with anyone she came in contact with. She served faithfully in many capacities in the LDS church and worked diligently with the Sunday School, Relief Society, Primary and Young Women's organizations within the church. Her favorite calling was in the library of the church, where she served for many years as the church librarian.
Billie was preceded in death by her husband, Frankie Dean Shipley; as well as her parents, Hershel Franklin and Antonia Mary Pippin; her step-father, Dorsey Dale Allen; her grandparents, James Franklin and Rachel Evelyn Pippin as well as Charles Russell and Mary K. Coons and various other cousins.
Survivors include her children, Hershel Eldridge Shipley and wife, Leota of Independence, Kentucky, Nancy Lynn Fowler and husband, Rick of Roanoke, Virginia, Russell Dean Shipley and wife, Nancy of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Kenneth Dwayne Shipley of Independence, Kentucky, Antonia (Toni) De Ann Land and husband, Brian of Glenpool, Oklahoma, Vikki Mae Long and husband, Kenneth of Sharon, Kansas and Lance Allen Shipley and wife, Janet of Kiowa; nineteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild on the way.
Billie will truly be missed by all of those who came in contact with her as well as those who shared so much of her life with her. May she rest in peace. And from her children and her posterity, they would like to say, "May God bless you always, Mom and may He take you in His loving arms." "We will miss you, but we will always keep your memory alive in our hearts until the blessed day when we shall see you and be with you again as an eternal family in Heaven." Love from your "Forever Family."
Billie Marlene Pippin Shipley was born in Wichita, Kansas on February 25, 1939 to Hershel Franklin Pippin and Antonia Mary Coons. Billie is the only child of that marriage. She married Frankie Dean Shipley at Newton, Kansas on May 7, 1955 into which four sons and three daughters were born and raised in the Alva, Oklahoma/Kiowa, Kansas area. She currently has seven children; nineteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren with one more great-grandchild on the way.
Billie was a very quiet, but energetic person who did many things throughout her life. During the time that she was raising her family she developed an interest in doing genealogy (family history) work and has traveled to many areas of the country trying to locate and gather information on both her own family lines as well as those on Frank's side of the family. She has established ties in many of the lines as far back as the 1600's and some before. Billie also met with several family history interest groups in Alva throughout the years and even taught genealogy classes here in Kiowa, Kansas for a short period of time.
Billie also was a hard worker. Not only did she raise seven children, but she also worked outside the home as well. She worked with her husband, Frank at the Rialto Theatre as a concession worker and a film operator. She also worked at Pangburns Cafe on Oklahoma Boulevard in Alva as a waitress for several years. Later on when her children were a little older, she went to work at Wal-Mart in Alva as a customer service representative. She worked for Wal-Mart for well over twenty years total in her lifetime, to include a three year period when she lived in Independence, Kentucky, when she, Frank and Lance temporarily relocated for a short period of time. Billie retired from the Wal-Mart in Alva in August of 2011. Billie also worked at "Franks - Nursery and Crafts" while living in Kentucky.
And last, but certainly not least, Billie also did volunteer work as well and spent many hours at "The Manor" - the rest home for the elderly in Kiowa, Kansas. She worked with her daughter, Vikki for several years to provide the residents with a craft period every week and to decorate the residents' bulletin board every month.
Billie was a wonderful wife, a loving mother and a kind and gentle grandmother and great-grandmother. She was a very religious person and loved to share her beliefs with anyone she came in contact with. She served faithfully in many capacities in the LDS church and worked diligently with the Sunday School, Relief Society, Primary and Young Women's organizations within the church. Her favorite calling was in the library of the church, where she served for many years as the church librarian.
Billie was preceded in death by her husband, Frankie Dean Shipley; as well as her parents, Hershel Franklin and Antonia Mary Pippin; her step-father, Dorsey Dale Allen; her grandparents, James Franklin and Rachel Evelyn Pippin as well as Charles Russell and Mary K. Coons and various other cousins.
Survivors include her children, Hershel Eldridge Shipley and wife, Leota of Independence, Kentucky, Nancy Lynn Fowler and husband, Rick of Roanoke, Virginia, Russell Dean Shipley and wife, Nancy of Blanchard, Oklahoma, Kenneth Dwayne Shipley of Independence, Kentucky, Antonia (Toni) De Ann Land and husband, Brian of Glenpool, Oklahoma, Vikki Mae Long and husband, Kenneth of Sharon, Kansas and Lance Allen Shipley and wife, Janet of Kiowa; nineteen grandchildren; twenty-eight great-grandchildren and one great-grandchild on the way.
Billie will truly be missed by all of those who came in contact with her as well as those who shared so much of her life with her. May she rest in peace. And from her children and her posterity, they would like to say, "May God bless you always, Mom and may He take you in His loving arms." "We will miss you, but we will always keep your memory alive in our hearts until the blessed day when we shall see you and be with you again as an eternal family in Heaven." Love from your "Forever Family."
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