Printed in May 16, 1966 Pilot-Tribune, Blair, Nebraska; Death date determined from date of publication

Note: there is a Mrs. Adelbert G “Dell” Shipley, with these dates, buried in the Fort Calhoun Cemetery.

Her name was Emaline Blanche, though she went by Blanche. Source: Tombstone; National Archives.

There are many Shipleys buried in Fort Calhoun, and the Sievers Funeral home is in Fort Calhoun. The cemeteries in Fremont have no Shipley’s at all. I believe the newspaper was in error.

Mrs. A.G. Shipley, Fort Calhoun, Died Friday

Mrs. A.G. Shipley, 80 years of age, of Fort Calhoun, died Friday at Memorial Community Hospital.

Funeral services will be held today (Monday) at 2 p.m. at the Sievers Funeral Home with interment in Fremont (sic) Cemetery.

Mrs. Shipley is survived by her husband, Dell; daughters, Mrs. Leo Lappat of Millard, Mrs. Harry Trefe of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; sisters, Ida Reynolds and Muriel Ringler of Omaha and Cressie Deverux of Lennox, Iowa and four grandchildren.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska library.~~~

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