1936
Jon
2012
Jon A. Chipps
July 7, 1936 — January 9, 2012
Jon A. Chipps, 75, of rural Ord died Monday, January 09, 2012.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday at Faith Bible Church in Arcadia. The Reverend Ray Berry will officiate. Inurnment will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Ord City Cemetery in Ord. There will not be any visitation, Mr. Chipps wishes were to be cremated.
Military honors at graveside will be presented by the American Legion Post #38 and VFW Post #7029 of Ord.
Memorials are suggested to Calvary Baptist Church or to the National Rifle Association.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Chipps was born July 7, 1936 in Valley County southwest of Ord to John and Viola (Woitazewski) Chipps. He was raised in Valley County and attended rural school southwest of Ord. He then boarded in Ord while he attended high school. He graduated from Ord High School in 1953. Jon then attended Milford Community College.
He was united in marriage to Nancy Leonard on August 28, 1955 in Ord.
The couple moved to California where they lived in the Oakland and Santa Monica areas. Jon first worked as an automobile mechanic. He then served in the U.S. Air Force for four years with part of his duty being in Korea.
After receiving his discharge, they continued to live in California where he worked for General Electric as a technician on nuclear warheads.
In the fall of 1967, the couple returned to the Ord area where they farmed and they also milked cows until 1996. Later they raised stock cows and raised crops.
Jon liked old cars, antique tractors and machinery.
He was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Steven Chipps or Ord and Russell and Jeana Chipps of Lincoln; three grandchildren and one brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Judy Chipps of Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Nancy on January 9, 2010; and one sister, Beverly Buddecke.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday at Faith Bible Church in Arcadia. The Reverend Ray Berry will officiate. Inurnment will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the Ord City Cemetery in Ord. There will not be any visitation, Mr. Chipps wishes were to be cremated.
Military honors at graveside will be presented by the American Legion Post #38 and VFW Post #7029 of Ord.
Memorials are suggested to Calvary Baptist Church or to the National Rifle Association.
Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Chipps was born July 7, 1936 in Valley County southwest of Ord to John and Viola (Woitazewski) Chipps. He was raised in Valley County and attended rural school southwest of Ord. He then boarded in Ord while he attended high school. He graduated from Ord High School in 1953. Jon then attended Milford Community College.
He was united in marriage to Nancy Leonard on August 28, 1955 in Ord.
The couple moved to California where they lived in the Oakland and Santa Monica areas. Jon first worked as an automobile mechanic. He then served in the U.S. Air Force for four years with part of his duty being in Korea.
After receiving his discharge, they continued to live in California where he worked for General Electric as a technician on nuclear warheads.
In the fall of 1967, the couple returned to the Ord area where they farmed and they also milked cows until 1996. Later they raised stock cows and raised crops.
Jon liked old cars, antique tractors and machinery.
He was a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association.
Survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Steven Chipps or Ord and Russell and Jeana Chipps of Lincoln; three grandchildren and one brother and sister-in-law, Ken and Judy Chipps of Oregon.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Nancy on January 9, 2010; and one sister, Beverly Buddecke.
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