SHIPPIE—Mrs. Mary Shippie, aged 62, of 426 Pine av., NW, passed away Wednesday night [Oct. 3, 1951] at St. Mary's hospital. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert Doyle and Mrs. Philip Stapleton, and five grandchildren. Funeral Mass will be Saturday morning [Oct. 6, 1951] at 10 o'clock in St. Mary's church. Interment Rosedale Memorial Park. Mrs. Shippie reposes at the Alt Mortuary where friends will recite the Rosary Friday evening at 8 o'clock.
Source: Grand Rapids press (Grand Rapids, Mich.). 1951 Oct. 5, p. 48, Obituary, Shippie.