She was a joy be around. A fantastic story teller that shared her life experiences about her parents and growing up in a small place where meadows abound.
Obituary:
Maude Worthington Shipley was born Sept. 24, 1922. Growing up in Jordan, Montana she developed a love for wide open spaces. She and her siblings would spend all day exploring the land their father owned, as far as they could see, in every direction. But hard times came, and although the family knew how to tighten their belt and live frugally, there came a time when they had to leave.
She got a taste of traveling early in her life, when her father took the family to Texas to pick cotton, to survive the Depression. After that, they moved to Fort Peck, Montana to run a grocery store.
The next place they moved was Livingston, Montana, and this is where she would meet her future husband and the father of her four children, Bill, Bob, Joyce, and Joe, on a blind date. The couple settled down in a small home on Front Street with 13 apple trees — specifically selected by Maude — so that her children would never know hunger. The house was located on three lots, so they would have room to run. She strongly believed that children needed lots of fresh air and sunshine. Hers would grow up hunting, fishing, riding horses and with a love for the outdoors like their mother. Years passed, her children grew up, and grandchildren came along, which she welcomed. She was born to be a grandmother, a kind and patient soul, who had the gift of empathy for all.
She never knew material riches, but she found wealth of another kind — spiritual. Her strong love of the bible had grown as a child, reading her mother’s bible at age 5. She had many unanswered questions, until one rainy day, a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses stopped by to offer her a bible study aid. She was enthralled by what she learned, especially the bible’s promise of an earthly paradise where she could live forever with her family. The things she had learned, burned in her heart so brightly, she was compelled to share these with her neighbors, participating in the door to door ministry all her life.
She fell asleep in death on Aug. 22, 2020 at the age of 97, surrounded by her loving family, remembered with great fondness and respect by all who knew her.
Obituary:
Maude Worthington Shipley was born Sept. 24, 1922. Growing up in Jordan, Montana she developed a love for wide open spaces. She and her siblings would spend all day exploring the land their father owned, as far as they could see, in every direction. But hard times came, and although the family knew how to tighten their belt and live frugally, there came a time when they had to leave.
She got a taste of traveling early in her life, when her father took the family to Texas to pick cotton, to survive the Depression. After that, they moved to Fort Peck, Montana to run a grocery store.
The next place they moved was Livingston, Montana, and this is where she would meet her future husband and the father of her four children, Bill, Bob, Joyce, and Joe, on a blind date. The couple settled down in a small home on Front Street with 13 apple trees — specifically selected by Maude — so that her children would never know hunger. The house was located on three lots, so they would have room to run. She strongly believed that children needed lots of fresh air and sunshine. Hers would grow up hunting, fishing, riding horses and with a love for the outdoors like their mother. Years passed, her children grew up, and grandchildren came along, which she welcomed. She was born to be a grandmother, a kind and patient soul, who had the gift of empathy for all.
She never knew material riches, but she found wealth of another kind — spiritual. Her strong love of the bible had grown as a child, reading her mother’s bible at age 5. She had many unanswered questions, until one rainy day, a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses stopped by to offer her a bible study aid. She was enthralled by what she learned, especially the bible’s promise of an earthly paradise where she could live forever with her family. The things she had learned, burned in her heart so brightly, she was compelled to share these with her neighbors, participating in the door to door ministry all her life.
She fell asleep in death on Aug. 22, 2020 at the age of 97, surrounded by her loving family, remembered with great fondness and respect by all who knew her.
She was a joy be around. A fantastic story teller that shared her life experiences about her parents and growing up in a small place where meadows abound.
Obituary:
Maude Worthington Shipley was born Sept. 24, 1922. Growing up in Jordan, Montana she developed a love for wide open spaces. She and her siblings would spend all day exploring the land their father owned, as far as they could see, in every direction. But hard times came, and although the family knew how to tighten their belt and live frugally, there came a time when they had to leave.
She got a taste of traveling early in her life, when her father took the family to Texas to pick cotton, to survive the Depression. After that, they moved to Fort Peck, Montana to run a grocery store.
The next place they moved was Livingston, Montana, and this is where she would meet her future husband and the father of her four children, Bill, Bob, Joyce, and Joe, on a blind date. The couple settled down in a small home on Front Street with 13 apple trees — specifically selected by Maude — so that her children would never know hunger. The house was located on three lots, so they would have room to run. She strongly believed that children needed lots of fresh air and sunshine. Hers would grow up hunting, fishing, riding horses and with a love for the outdoors like their mother. Years passed, her children grew up, and grandchildren came along, which she welcomed. She was born to be a grandmother, a kind and patient soul, who had the gift of empathy for all.
She never knew material riches, but she found wealth of another kind — spiritual. Her strong love of the bible had grown as a child, reading her mother’s bible at age 5. She had many unanswered questions, until one rainy day, a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses stopped by to offer her a bible study aid. She was enthralled by what she learned, especially the bible’s promise of an earthly paradise where she could live forever with her family. The things she had learned, burned in her heart so brightly, she was compelled to share these with her neighbors, participating in the door to door ministry all her life.
She fell asleep in death on Aug. 22, 2020 at the age of 97, surrounded by her loving family, remembered with great fondness and respect by all who knew her.
Obituary:
Maude Worthington Shipley was born Sept. 24, 1922. Growing up in Jordan, Montana she developed a love for wide open spaces. She and her siblings would spend all day exploring the land their father owned, as far as they could see, in every direction. But hard times came, and although the family knew how to tighten their belt and live frugally, there came a time when they had to leave.
She got a taste of traveling early in her life, when her father took the family to Texas to pick cotton, to survive the Depression. After that, they moved to Fort Peck, Montana to run a grocery store.
The next place they moved was Livingston, Montana, and this is where she would meet her future husband and the father of her four children, Bill, Bob, Joyce, and Joe, on a blind date. The couple settled down in a small home on Front Street with 13 apple trees — specifically selected by Maude — so that her children would never know hunger. The house was located on three lots, so they would have room to run. She strongly believed that children needed lots of fresh air and sunshine. Hers would grow up hunting, fishing, riding horses and with a love for the outdoors like their mother. Years passed, her children grew up, and grandchildren came along, which she welcomed. She was born to be a grandmother, a kind and patient soul, who had the gift of empathy for all.
She never knew material riches, but she found wealth of another kind — spiritual. Her strong love of the bible had grown as a child, reading her mother’s bible at age 5. She had many unanswered questions, until one rainy day, a minister of Jehovah’s Witnesses stopped by to offer her a bible study aid. She was enthralled by what she learned, especially the bible’s promise of an earthly paradise where she could live forever with her family. The things she had learned, burned in her heart so brightly, she was compelled to share these with her neighbors, participating in the door to door ministry all her life.
She fell asleep in death on Aug. 22, 2020 at the age of 97, surrounded by her loving family, remembered with great fondness and respect by all who knew her.
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