Ellen Jean Clippard (nee McBride) of St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri, passed from our world into the spender and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ's world on Monday, March 1st, 2021, at her daughter's home in Kent, Washington, where she had lived the past three months. She was 87.
She is survived by her daughter, Laura Ann Lewis (Steven); her son, David Thomas Clippard (Dennis McCalpin) of Dallas, Texas; her sister, Pat Shelby (David) of Summerfield, Florida; grandchildren, Robert Lewis (Eileen) of Seattle, WA, Jennifer Lee (D. Angus) of Vanouver, WA, Julianne McCullough (David) of Tacoma, WA, Michael Lewis of Des Moines, WA, Christopher Lewis (Kim) of Federal Way, WA, Ellen Lewis (Randy) of Seattle, WA, and Justin Lewis (Christina) of Auburn, WA; and grandchildren, Noah, Madeleine, Jack, Conor, Ethan, Alexander Michael, Lucas, Athena, Alexander Evan, Seamus, Sylvia, Logan, Rook, Talitha, plus two more grandchildren due this year. She is also survived by many loving nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces and beloved cousins.
She is preceded in death by her parents Dewey Thomas and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride; husband, David Ernest Clippard; son, Donald Robert Clippard; grandson, David William Clippard; and brother, Quentin Robert Paul McBride; all of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ellen was born on September 30, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Dewey Thomas McBride and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride. She lived almost the entirety of her life in St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri. She graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis. She married David Ernest Clippard on her mother's birthday of September 13th in 1952, just over a year after he returned from the Chosin Reservoir in Korea where he had been wounded. Ellen and David welcomed three children into their family, Laura, David and Donald, whom their father taught them a strong work ethic and their mother taught them unconditional love. They lived most of their married life in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri, until David's death in 1972. Thereafter, she finished raising their children and moved back to St. John. Ellen supplemented the family's income with secretarial work at the U.S. government Department of Records in St. Louis. She then went to work for the Marine Corps recruiting department and in her later years, she worked as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Missouri St. Louis in the Behavioral Studies department. She retired from both the government and the University.
Ellen was an accomplished typist, she could type 120 words a minute without errors on the old select Royal typewriters. Later, she was one of the first to learn how to run computers, but first and foremost she was a treasured person of great depth and worth, giving freely of herself to those in need. She had an indomitable spirit and her love was always unconditional.
She was a long time member of Our Lady of the Presentation Church in Overland, where she received her first Communion, Confirmation, and was married.
Services: Visitation at Our Lady of the Presentation Church, 8860 Tudor Avenue, Overland, Missouri on Friday, March 12 from 9:00 a.m. until the Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial follows at Lake Charles Park Cemetery, 7775 St. Charles Rock Road, Bel Nor, Missouri.
She is survived by her daughter, Laura Ann Lewis (Steven); her son, David Thomas Clippard (Dennis McCalpin) of Dallas, Texas; her sister, Pat Shelby (David) of Summerfield, Florida; grandchildren, Robert Lewis (Eileen) of Seattle, WA, Jennifer Lee (D. Angus) of Vanouver, WA, Julianne McCullough (David) of Tacoma, WA, Michael Lewis of Des Moines, WA, Christopher Lewis (Kim) of Federal Way, WA, Ellen Lewis (Randy) of Seattle, WA, and Justin Lewis (Christina) of Auburn, WA; and grandchildren, Noah, Madeleine, Jack, Conor, Ethan, Alexander Michael, Lucas, Athena, Alexander Evan, Seamus, Sylvia, Logan, Rook, Talitha, plus two more grandchildren due this year. She is also survived by many loving nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces and beloved cousins.
She is preceded in death by her parents Dewey Thomas and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride; husband, David Ernest Clippard; son, Donald Robert Clippard; grandson, David William Clippard; and brother, Quentin Robert Paul McBride; all of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ellen was born on September 30, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Dewey Thomas McBride and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride. She lived almost the entirety of her life in St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri. She graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis. She married David Ernest Clippard on her mother's birthday of September 13th in 1952, just over a year after he returned from the Chosin Reservoir in Korea where he had been wounded. Ellen and David welcomed three children into their family, Laura, David and Donald, whom their father taught them a strong work ethic and their mother taught them unconditional love. They lived most of their married life in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri, until David's death in 1972. Thereafter, she finished raising their children and moved back to St. John. Ellen supplemented the family's income with secretarial work at the U.S. government Department of Records in St. Louis. She then went to work for the Marine Corps recruiting department and in her later years, she worked as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Missouri St. Louis in the Behavioral Studies department. She retired from both the government and the University.
Ellen was an accomplished typist, she could type 120 words a minute without errors on the old select Royal typewriters. Later, she was one of the first to learn how to run computers, but first and foremost she was a treasured person of great depth and worth, giving freely of herself to those in need. She had an indomitable spirit and her love was always unconditional.
She was a long time member of Our Lady of the Presentation Church in Overland, where she received her first Communion, Confirmation, and was married.
Services: Visitation at Our Lady of the Presentation Church, 8860 Tudor Avenue, Overland, Missouri on Friday, March 12 from 9:00 a.m. until the Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial follows at Lake Charles Park Cemetery, 7775 St. Charles Rock Road, Bel Nor, Missouri.
Ellen Jean Clippard (nee McBride) of St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri, passed from our world into the spender and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ's world on Monday, March 1st, 2021, at her daughter's home in Kent, Washington, where she had lived the past three months. She was 87.
She is survived by her daughter, Laura Ann Lewis (Steven); her son, David Thomas Clippard (Dennis McCalpin) of Dallas, Texas; her sister, Pat Shelby (David) of Summerfield, Florida; grandchildren, Robert Lewis (Eileen) of Seattle, WA, Jennifer Lee (D. Angus) of Vanouver, WA, Julianne McCullough (David) of Tacoma, WA, Michael Lewis of Des Moines, WA, Christopher Lewis (Kim) of Federal Way, WA, Ellen Lewis (Randy) of Seattle, WA, and Justin Lewis (Christina) of Auburn, WA; and grandchildren, Noah, Madeleine, Jack, Conor, Ethan, Alexander Michael, Lucas, Athena, Alexander Evan, Seamus, Sylvia, Logan, Rook, Talitha, plus two more grandchildren due this year. She is also survived by many loving nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces and beloved cousins.
She is preceded in death by her parents Dewey Thomas and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride; husband, David Ernest Clippard; son, Donald Robert Clippard; grandson, David William Clippard; and brother, Quentin Robert Paul McBride; all of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ellen was born on September 30, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Dewey Thomas McBride and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride. She lived almost the entirety of her life in St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri. She graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis. She married David Ernest Clippard on her mother's birthday of September 13th in 1952, just over a year after he returned from the Chosin Reservoir in Korea where he had been wounded. Ellen and David welcomed three children into their family, Laura, David and Donald, whom their father taught them a strong work ethic and their mother taught them unconditional love. They lived most of their married life in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri, until David's death in 1972. Thereafter, she finished raising their children and moved back to St. John. Ellen supplemented the family's income with secretarial work at the U.S. government Department of Records in St. Louis. She then went to work for the Marine Corps recruiting department and in her later years, she worked as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Missouri St. Louis in the Behavioral Studies department. She retired from both the government and the University.
Ellen was an accomplished typist, she could type 120 words a minute without errors on the old select Royal typewriters. Later, she was one of the first to learn how to run computers, but first and foremost she was a treasured person of great depth and worth, giving freely of herself to those in need. She had an indomitable spirit and her love was always unconditional.
She was a long time member of Our Lady of the Presentation Church in Overland, where she received her first Communion, Confirmation, and was married.
Services: Visitation at Our Lady of the Presentation Church, 8860 Tudor Avenue, Overland, Missouri on Friday, March 12 from 9:00 a.m. until the Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial follows at Lake Charles Park Cemetery, 7775 St. Charles Rock Road, Bel Nor, Missouri.
She is survived by her daughter, Laura Ann Lewis (Steven); her son, David Thomas Clippard (Dennis McCalpin) of Dallas, Texas; her sister, Pat Shelby (David) of Summerfield, Florida; grandchildren, Robert Lewis (Eileen) of Seattle, WA, Jennifer Lee (D. Angus) of Vanouver, WA, Julianne McCullough (David) of Tacoma, WA, Michael Lewis of Des Moines, WA, Christopher Lewis (Kim) of Federal Way, WA, Ellen Lewis (Randy) of Seattle, WA, and Justin Lewis (Christina) of Auburn, WA; and grandchildren, Noah, Madeleine, Jack, Conor, Ethan, Alexander Michael, Lucas, Athena, Alexander Evan, Seamus, Sylvia, Logan, Rook, Talitha, plus two more grandchildren due this year. She is also survived by many loving nephews and nieces and great nephews and nieces and beloved cousins.
She is preceded in death by her parents Dewey Thomas and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride; husband, David Ernest Clippard; son, Donald Robert Clippard; grandson, David William Clippard; and brother, Quentin Robert Paul McBride; all of St. Louis, Missouri.
Ellen was born on September 30, 1933, in St. Louis, Missouri to parents Dewey Thomas McBride and Gertrude Theresa (nee Ahrens) McBride. She lived almost the entirety of her life in St. John, St. Louis County, Missouri. She graduated from Normandy High School in St. Louis. She married David Ernest Clippard on her mother's birthday of September 13th in 1952, just over a year after he returned from the Chosin Reservoir in Korea where he had been wounded. Ellen and David welcomed three children into their family, Laura, David and Donald, whom their father taught them a strong work ethic and their mother taught them unconditional love. They lived most of their married life in Overland, St. Louis County, Missouri, until David's death in 1972. Thereafter, she finished raising their children and moved back to St. John. Ellen supplemented the family's income with secretarial work at the U.S. government Department of Records in St. Louis. She then went to work for the Marine Corps recruiting department and in her later years, she worked as an Administrative Assistant at the University of Missouri St. Louis in the Behavioral Studies department. She retired from both the government and the University.
Ellen was an accomplished typist, she could type 120 words a minute without errors on the old select Royal typewriters. Later, she was one of the first to learn how to run computers, but first and foremost she was a treasured person of great depth and worth, giving freely of herself to those in need. She had an indomitable spirit and her love was always unconditional.
She was a long time member of Our Lady of the Presentation Church in Overland, where she received her first Communion, Confirmation, and was married.
Services: Visitation at Our Lady of the Presentation Church, 8860 Tudor Avenue, Overland, Missouri on Friday, March 12 from 9:00 a.m. until the Funeral Mass at 10:00 a.m. Burial follows at Lake Charles Park Cemetery, 7775 St. Charles Rock Road, Bel Nor, Missouri.
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