July 28, 1996

RUSSELL O. SHIPP

Russell O. Shipp, 84, of St. Louis, died Saturday, July 27, 1996, at St. Louis. He was born Jan. 18, 1912, at Belgrade, son of John Henry and Bessie Henderson Shipp. He married Alice Jenkins April 17, 1934. She died Jan. 24, 1993. Shipp lived in Cape Girardeau a number of years and was employed by R. B. Potashnick. Following retirement, he moved to Potosi, and in 1995 he moved to St. Louis...

Russell O. Shipp, 84, of St. Louis, died Saturday, July 27, 1996, at St. Louis.

He was born Jan. 18, 1912, at Belgrade, son of John Henry and Bessie Henderson Shipp.

He married Alice Jenkins April 17, 1934. She died Jan. 24, 1993.

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Shipp lived in Cape Girardeau a number of years and was employed by R. B. Potashnick. Following retirement, he moved to Potosi, and in 1995 he moved to St. Louis.

He is survived by a daughter, Georgia Crimmons of St. Louis; four brothers, Lawrence Shipp of Potosi, William Shipp of Belgrade, Henry Shipp of Cape Girardeau and Charles Shipp of St. Peters; two sisters, Eunice Duty of Potosi and Dorothy Baker of St. Louis; a granddaughter; and three great-grandchildren.

Service will be held Tuesday at the Britton Funeral Home in Potosi.

Friends may call at 4 p.m. Monday the funeral home.

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