Submitted by: Georgia Gill-Elkins

Pipke,  Phillipson, Penn, Mason, Ester

South Bend Tribune May 23, 1995 p. B 6  

Frances M. Fry Pipke  

MISHAWAKA - Memorial services for Frances Marie Fry Pipke, 60, of Walter Street, who died Saturday in St. Joseph Hospital, will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home, South Bend. Cremation will take place. Friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the funeral home. On Aug. 19, 1994, in South Bend, she married William Pipke, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Paula Phillipson of South Bend; two sons David Fry of Mishawaka and Charles Fry of Mansfield, Ohio; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Reba Penn, Mildred Mason and Mary Ester, all of Missouri. a son, Richard, died in 1981.

Submitted by: Dan Rich - 06/19/2007

Frances Marie Pipke

Dec. 18, 1934 - May 20, 1995

South Bend Tribune 5/22/1995 (This Supplements the Ezisting Posting of a Funeral Notice)

MISHAWAKA - Frances Marie Pipke, 60, of Walter Street, died Saturday in St. Joseph Hospital. Mrs. Pipke retired in February from Burcliff Industries after 17 years of service. She was born Dec. 18, 1934, in Altroff, Ark., and lived in Mishawaka most of her life.

On Oct. 31, 1953, in South Bend, as Frances Meader, she married Paul R. Fry. He died Aug. 8, 1991.

On Aug. 19, 1994, in South Bend, she married William Pipke. He survives with a daughter, Paula Philipson of South Bend; two sons, David Fry of Mishawaka and Charles Fry of Mansfield, Ohio; eight grandchildren; a great-grandchild; and three sisters, Reba Penn, Mildred Mason and Mary Estes, all of Missouri. A son preceded her in death.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Cremation will take place. Friends may call two hours before services in the funeral home.