Ruth May (Clem) Sipes, age 85, of Hancock, Md., died on Friday, November 18, 2016, at the Fahrney-Keedy Nursing Home and Village, in Boonsboro, Md.
Born January 12, 1931, in Slanesville, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William and Nora (Miller) Clem; and the widow of Marvin Clay Sipes, whom she married January 17, 1951 and who died October 19, 1998.
She was a member of the Black Oak Mennonite Church, in Warfordsburg, Pa.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by one daughter, Mary Jane (Sipes) McCusker, of Bunker Hill, W.Va.; three sons, Robert W. Sipes, of Fayettville, Pa., Warren C. Sipes, of Hagerstown, Md., and Roger L. Sipes, of Chicago, Il.; four grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Steven Sipes; and three brothers, John, William, and Lloyd Clem.
Friends will be received at the Grove Funeral Home, 141 West Main Street, Hancock, Md., on Sunday, November 20, 2016 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Roger Sipes and Rev. Dawn Reidy will officiate. Burial will follow in the Black Oak Mennonite Cemetery, 2247 Stoneybreak Road, Warfordsburg, Pa.
Ruth May (Clem) Sipes, age 85, of Hancock, Md., died on Friday, November 18, 2016, at the Fahrney-Keedy Nursing Home and Village, in Boonsboro, Md.
Born January 12, 1931, in Slanesville, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late William and Nora (Miller) Clem; and the widow of Marvin Clay Sipes, whom she married January 17, 1951 and who died October 19, 1998.
She was a member of the Black Oak Mennonite Church, in Warfordsburg, Pa.
She was a homemaker.
She is survived by one daughter, Mary Jane (Sipes) McCusker, of Bunker Hill, W.Va.; three sons, Robert W. Sipes, of Fayettville, Pa., Warren C. Sipes, of Hagerstown, Md., and Roger L. Sipes, of Chicago, Il.; four grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a son, Steven Sipes; and three brothers, John, William, and Lloyd Clem.
Friends will be received at the Grove Funeral Home, 141 West Main Street, Hancock, Md., on Sunday, November 20, 2016 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m.
A funeral service will be held at the funeral home on Monday, November 21, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Rev. Roger Sipes and Rev. Dawn Reidy will officiate. Burial will follow in the Black Oak Mennonite Cemetery, 2247 Stoneybreak Road, Warfordsburg, Pa.
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