1918
Shirley
2012
Shirley Chipps
January 19, 1918 — September 28, 2012
Shirley Chipps, 94, of Nysted, died Friday, September 28, 2012 at the Nebraska Veterans Home in Grand Island, Nebraska.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Chaplain LeRoy Hoyer will officiate. Interment will be held in the Nysted Cemetery.
No visitation will be held.
Memorials are suggested to the Tabitha's Hospice or to the family's choice.
Shirley was born January 19, 1918 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Oren and Ethel (Barnes) Horn.
She grew up in the Grand Island area and the North Platte area. She attended schools in both areas and attended school through the 8th grade in the North Platte area.
Shirley was united in marriage Floyd Johnston in Grand Island in February 1942.
The couple lived in the Grand Island area and the North Platte area. To this union four children were born.
Shirley was united in marriage to John "Jack" Chipps on July 9, 1979 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. They lived in North Platte and then moved to Grand Island. The couple then moved to South Dakota, where John worked in the Black Hills, Hot Springs, and Eagle Butte areas. Shirley worked as a waitress during the years while they were in South Dakota because John was working on plastering and stuccoing on houses and commercial buildings.
The couple then moved to a farm near Nysted and lived there since.
After John passed away, Shirley then moved to the Nebraska Veterans Home in 2008 and has lived there since.
She enjoyed the outdoors and taking care of plants and flowers. She also enjoyed making crafts, ceramics and the lost art of letter writing. She collected many antique clocks. Shirley took pleasure in feeding the geese, ducks and squirrels while living at the Veterans Home.
Shirley is survived by two sons, Allen Johnston and LaVern Johnston both of Lincoln; two daughters & sons-in-law, Linda & Darrell Johnson of Grand Island and Sheila & Bob Spitz of Kingman, AZ; three step children and two foster children; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one sister, Barbara Winter of Chappell, NE and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Floyd Johnston on June 29, 1984 and John "Jack" Chipps on August 3, 2008, one sister, Edith Jones, two brothers, Clifford & Donnie Horn and an infant brother.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Chaplain LeRoy Hoyer will officiate. Interment will be held in the Nysted Cemetery.
No visitation will be held.
Memorials are suggested to the Tabitha's Hospice or to the family's choice.
Shirley was born January 19, 1918 in Grand Island, Nebraska to Oren and Ethel (Barnes) Horn.
She grew up in the Grand Island area and the North Platte area. She attended schools in both areas and attended school through the 8th grade in the North Platte area.
Shirley was united in marriage Floyd Johnston in Grand Island in February 1942.
The couple lived in the Grand Island area and the North Platte area. To this union four children were born.
Shirley was united in marriage to John "Jack" Chipps on July 9, 1979 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. They lived in North Platte and then moved to Grand Island. The couple then moved to South Dakota, where John worked in the Black Hills, Hot Springs, and Eagle Butte areas. Shirley worked as a waitress during the years while they were in South Dakota because John was working on plastering and stuccoing on houses and commercial buildings.
The couple then moved to a farm near Nysted and lived there since.
After John passed away, Shirley then moved to the Nebraska Veterans Home in 2008 and has lived there since.
She enjoyed the outdoors and taking care of plants and flowers. She also enjoyed making crafts, ceramics and the lost art of letter writing. She collected many antique clocks. Shirley took pleasure in feeding the geese, ducks and squirrels while living at the Veterans Home.
Shirley is survived by two sons, Allen Johnston and LaVern Johnston both of Lincoln; two daughters & sons-in-law, Linda & Darrell Johnson of Grand Island and Sheila & Bob Spitz of Kingman, AZ; three step children and two foster children; five grandchildren and eight great grandchildren; one sister, Barbara Winter of Chappell, NE and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by her parents, her husbands, Floyd Johnston on June 29, 1984 and John "Jack" Chipps on August 3, 2008, one sister, Edith Jones, two brothers, Clifford & Donnie Horn and an infant brother.
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