Shelby  County  Indiana
Obituaries

Shipp

The  Shelby  Republican
Thursday, April 18, 1918
THOMAS  SHIPP  DEAD
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        Word was received here today of the death of  Thomas Shipp, 48 years old, at an Indianapolis hospital.  Mr. Shipp formerly lived in this county.  Death was caused by pneumonia.  M. G. Tindall brought the body to his undertaking rooms this evening.  Funeral services will be held there Friday, April 12, at 10 o'clock, the Rev. A. F. vonTobel officiating.  Burial will be made in Forest Hill cemetery.  Mr. Shipp is survived by his father, Noah Shipp  and one brother, Clarence Shipp.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Indianapolis  Star
May 22, 1915
Page 4 Column 7

Deaths in Indiana

          SHELBYVILLE --  Funeral services for  Mrs. Walter Shipp, 20, will be held at the home here Sunday.  She died in an Indianapolis hospital after two operations.  Her husband, mother, six sisters and two brothers being  Harvey Oakley  of Indianapolis.
Contributed by Virginia Latta Curulla

The  Shelby  Democrat
March 27, 1915
Page 7   column 6
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BELOVED  YOUNG  WOMAN
ANSWERS  FINAL  CALL
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Mrs. Walter Shipp,of This
City, Died at Indianapolis
Thursday.
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(From Friday's Daily.)

          Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Shipp,  20 years old, wofe of  Walter Shipp,  of 29 west Locust Street, died at four-thirty o'clock Thursday afternoon in the St. Vincent hospital at Indianapolis, in which institution she had been a patient for eight weeks.  She had been taken there for an operation in the hope of saving her life and two operations had been performed, the second only three days ago.  Following the first her condition showed no improvement and there was little hope she could withstand the second, but her death came as a shock to her relatives and friends, all of whom are saddened by her untimely death.
          Mrs. Shipp was born in this city, September 1, 1894, and had always lived here.  She became the wife of Mr. Shipp May 12, 1914.  Four four years she had been in the office of  Dr. W. H. Kennedy,  of south West street.  She had many friends, being a favortie with all who knew her.
          She was a member of the Royal Neighbors and the Wheat Sheaf Council, Degree of Pocahontas, and the fraternal brothers and sisters feel her death most keenly.
          Her husband, her mother,  Mrs. Caroline Oakley,  of this city; two sisters,  Mrs. Fred Stanton  and  Mrs. Louis Clark,  of this city; four half-sisters,  Mrs. David Dunn,  near the city,  Mrs. Fred Coers,  near Blue Ridge,  Mrs. Henry Roberts,  near the city, and  Mrs. Merritt Brown,  of Howard street, and two brothers,  Harvey Oakley,  of Indianapolis, and  Edward Oakley,  of Rushville, survive her.
          The funeral services will be held at the late home of the deceased at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, the Rev. W. E. Carroll, pastor of the First Christian church, officiating, and the interment will be made in Forest Hill cemetery in charge of Stewart & Fix.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

The  Shelbyville  Daily  Democrat
Wednesday, January 20, 1886
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MORRISTOWN.
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Special Correspondence of the Democrat.
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Morristown, Jan. 19, 1886
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          The funeral of  Mrs. Shipp,  who died last Friday evening, took place at her home Monday at 10 o'clock, after which her remains were laid away to rest beside those of her husband, there only being one week's difference between their deaths.  Mrs. Shipp had long been an invalid, but bore her sickness all through without a murmur.  She was a kind and affectionate mother and loved by all who knew her.  She was about seventy years old.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming 

The  Shelby  Democrat
Thursday, September 11, 1879
Page 3, column 4
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CRADLE -- ALTAR -- TOMB.
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Died.
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          SHIPP -- On the 5th day of September, 1879, in Jollity,  Mr. Charles Shipp,  of typhoid fever.
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming

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