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Submitted: 5/2/22 • Approved: 5/2/22 • Last Updated: 5/5/22 • R510955-G0-S3
September 10, 1886-February 27, 1962
In Loving Memory Of
*Photo/information, courtesy of Mary (Coggin) Russell
*Obituary
CANYON, March 1 - Funeral services for Miss Ernie Bippus, 75, of 2619 2nd Ave., were scheduled to be held at 3:30 p.m. today in LaGrone Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Strauss Atkinson, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was to be in the West Park Cemetery in Hereford under direction of the LaGrone Funeral Home.
Miss Bippus was found dead in the backyard of her home at 7:45 a.m. Wednesday. She apparently had died sometime Tuesday night.
She was born Sept. 10, 1886, in South Dakota and was a member of the First Baptist Church. She had been a resident of Canyon since 1938.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. G.T. Drummond of Emporia, Kan., four nieces and three nephews.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - 1 Mar 1962, Thur - Page 30)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ernie Bippus
Death Date: 27 Feb 1962
Death County: Randall
Certificate: 11077
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Ernie Bippus
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 75
Birth Date: 10 Sep 1886
Birth Place: South Dakota
Residence: Canyon, Randall, Texas, USA
Death Date: 27 Feb 1962
Death Place: Canyon, Randall, Texas, USA
Father: George Bippus
Mother: Elizabeth Pfiefia
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