Memorial services for Elmer Tippery were held, Nov. 18, 2023, at United Methodist Church in Decatur. Burial with military honors followed in Hillcrest Cemetery in the village. He passed away Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at Continental Springs in South Sioux City at the age of 97.
Elmer Roy Tippery was born May 2, 1927, to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on the family farm in rural Decatur. The second of five children, he attended Busse country school, District 10 (the same school his father attended), through eighth grade and graduated from Decatur High School in 1944. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1945, at age 17. He was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, before leaving the service in 1947.
Elmer purchased a plane that he flew while his brother Glen took aerial photos. He sold the plane for his first tractor. Elmer purchased the farm in 1950 and married Laura Love Jacobsen on Aug. 5, 1951. They were married 58 years until her death on Jan. 25, 2010. He raised beef and dairy cattle, hogs and chickens and grew crops.
He was a lifelong member of the Decatur Methodist Church. He also was a 75-year member of the American Legion Rogers-Crum Post No. 215.
Elmer is survived by his sister, Velma Hennig; son, Paul Tippery; daughter, Anne (Tippery) Hartgenbush and son-in-law, Danny; granddaughter, Rhiannon; several nieces, nephews and cousins; sisters-in-law, Joan Tippery and Helen Tippery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Laura; daughter, Beth; brothers, Lyle, Glen and Vern; sisters-in-law, Helen and Gwen; nephew, Phillip Hennig; nieces, Cheryl Card, Janis Felker and Carol Tippery.
Memorials are suggested to Decatur's United Methodist Church. Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.
Elmer Roy Tippery was born May 2, 1927, to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on the family farm in rural Decatur. The second of five children, he attended Busse country school, District 10 (the same school his father attended), through eighth grade and graduated from Decatur High School in 1944. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1945, at age 17. He was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, before leaving the service in 1947.
Elmer purchased a plane that he flew while his brother Glen took aerial photos. He sold the plane for his first tractor. Elmer purchased the farm in 1950 and married Laura Love Jacobsen on Aug. 5, 1951. They were married 58 years until her death on Jan. 25, 2010. He raised beef and dairy cattle, hogs and chickens and grew crops.
He was a lifelong member of the Decatur Methodist Church. He also was a 75-year member of the American Legion Rogers-Crum Post No. 215.
Elmer is survived by his sister, Velma Hennig; son, Paul Tippery; daughter, Anne (Tippery) Hartgenbush and son-in-law, Danny; granddaughter, Rhiannon; several nieces, nephews and cousins; sisters-in-law, Joan Tippery and Helen Tippery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Laura; daughter, Beth; brothers, Lyle, Glen and Vern; sisters-in-law, Helen and Gwen; nephew, Phillip Hennig; nieces, Cheryl Card, Janis Felker and Carol Tippery.
Memorials are suggested to Decatur's United Methodist Church. Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.
Memorial services for Elmer Tippery were held, Nov. 18, 2023, at United Methodist Church in Decatur. Burial with military honors followed in Hillcrest Cemetery in the village. He passed away Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, at Continental Springs in South Sioux City at the age of 97.
Elmer Roy Tippery was born May 2, 1927, to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on the family farm in rural Decatur. The second of five children, he attended Busse country school, District 10 (the same school his father attended), through eighth grade and graduated from Decatur High School in 1944. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1945, at age 17. He was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, before leaving the service in 1947.
Elmer purchased a plane that he flew while his brother Glen took aerial photos. He sold the plane for his first tractor. Elmer purchased the farm in 1950 and married Laura Love Jacobsen on Aug. 5, 1951. They were married 58 years until her death on Jan. 25, 2010. He raised beef and dairy cattle, hogs and chickens and grew crops.
He was a lifelong member of the Decatur Methodist Church. He also was a 75-year member of the American Legion Rogers-Crum Post No. 215.
Elmer is survived by his sister, Velma Hennig; son, Paul Tippery; daughter, Anne (Tippery) Hartgenbush and son-in-law, Danny; granddaughter, Rhiannon; several nieces, nephews and cousins; sisters-in-law, Joan Tippery and Helen Tippery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Laura; daughter, Beth; brothers, Lyle, Glen and Vern; sisters-in-law, Helen and Gwen; nephew, Phillip Hennig; nieces, Cheryl Card, Janis Felker and Carol Tippery.
Memorials are suggested to Decatur's United Methodist Church. Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.
Elmer Roy Tippery was born May 2, 1927, to Roy and Myrtle (Hightree) Tippery on the family farm in rural Decatur. The second of five children, he attended Busse country school, District 10 (the same school his father attended), through eighth grade and graduated from Decatur High School in 1944. He then enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1945, at age 17. He was stationed in Fairbanks, Alaska, before leaving the service in 1947.
Elmer purchased a plane that he flew while his brother Glen took aerial photos. He sold the plane for his first tractor. Elmer purchased the farm in 1950 and married Laura Love Jacobsen on Aug. 5, 1951. They were married 58 years until her death on Jan. 25, 2010. He raised beef and dairy cattle, hogs and chickens and grew crops.
He was a lifelong member of the Decatur Methodist Church. He also was a 75-year member of the American Legion Rogers-Crum Post No. 215.
Elmer is survived by his sister, Velma Hennig; son, Paul Tippery; daughter, Anne (Tippery) Hartgenbush and son-in-law, Danny; granddaughter, Rhiannon; several nieces, nephews and cousins; sisters-in-law, Joan Tippery and Helen Tippery.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Laura; daughter, Beth; brothers, Lyle, Glen and Vern; sisters-in-law, Helen and Gwen; nephew, Phillip Hennig; nieces, Cheryl Card, Janis Felker and Carol Tippery.
Memorials are suggested to Decatur's United Methodist Church. Pelan Funeral Services was in charge of the arrangements.
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