GENE HIPES

SIKESTON -- Gene Hipes, 66, of Mountain Home, Ark., died Wednesday, Dec. 21, 1994, at his home.

He was born April 8, 1928, in Chaffee, son of Ira and Ella Morris Hipes. He and Mary Sue Boone were married Nov. 10, 1949. She died May 6, 1988. He later married Phyllis Witt Nov. 25, 1988.

Hipes had been a plant manager at Reiss Dairy in Sikeston, and then worked at Laesch Dairy in Bloomington, Ill., from 1978-88. He was a member of Henry Meldrum American Legion Post 114. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Blaine Hipes of Farmington, Ark., Brian Hipes of Washington, Ill.; a daughter, Denise Stewart of Cape Girardeau, and seven grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers and a sister.

Friends may call at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel from 5-8 p.m. today.

Graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Sikeston City Cemetery, with the Rev. Tom Geers officiating.