Individual Details

Death

"Mrs. Andrew Gipe, of Guilford Township, while on a visit to town, was suddenly stricken with paralysis in Greenawalt and Montgomery's Drug Store on Wednesday afternoon about 4 o'clock.  She was removed to the Children's Aid Society Hospital where she lingered until yesterday morning about 2 o'clock when she peacefully passed away.  Age almost 71 years. A husband and following children survives:  Mrs. Chrisitan Frey, Jospeh Gipe, Mrs. William Lowry, and Samuel Gipe, all of Guilford Township.She was a consistent member of the Old Order of German Baptist for over 40 years and was highly respected by all in the community in which she lived.  Funeral on Sunday morning the body being lifted at 9:30 o'clock.  Interment at Falling Spring, Old German Baptist graveyard."Stricken While Purchasing"An aged Guilford township woman died at the hospital; was the wife of Andrew Gipe and is survived by husband and four children: Mrs. Catherine Gipe, an aged woman whose home is about a mile east of New Franklin, came to Chambersburg to do some shopping.  About 4:30 o'clock she called at the drug store of Greenawalt and Montgomery, corner of Memorial Square and South Main Street, to make some purchases.  She was in the act of paying for the articles bought, when her pocket book slipped from her hand to the floor.  Stooping down to pick the purse from the floor she said"Why, I can't pick it up".  Then she sank to the floor.  She had been stricken with paralysis.  Mrs. Gipe was taken to the hospital of the Children's Aid Society.  She said a few words to the physician who attended her and then lapsed into unconsciousness, lingering until 2 o'clock this morning when she died.  Mrs. Gipe was in the 71st year of her age.  She was the wife of Andrew Gipe.  Her maiden name was Hess and she was the daughter of Samuel Hess (1803-1884).  Besides her husband, she is survived by 2 sons, Joseph and Samuel and 2 daughters, Mrs. Susan Frey and Mrs. William Lowry, all of Guilford Township.  Mrs Gipe was a member of the Old German Baptist Church.Funeral Services:meet at the house at 9:30 a.m. Interment in Falling Spring graveyard."Information Source:"From Whence We Came"Joseph Gipe and Mary Coover Gipe Familyby Della Strike Myers1976