RICHARD J. LIPPINCOTT, 94

Richard J. Lippincott, 94, of Blair, died Thursday, Feb. 1, 2007, at Carter House in Blair.

A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5, at the First United Methodist Church in Blair.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, at Campbell-Aman Funeral Home.

Richard “Dick” Joshua Lippincott was born on Friday, Sept. 13, 1912 at the farm home of his parents, Ephraim Coles and Emma Catherina (Schmidt) Lippincott. He thus became a member of the ninth generation of the Lippincott family in America and was named after the family’s first immigrant to America, Richard Lippincott.

His early education was at Pleasant View School, a two-room, 10-grade country school. He graduated from Blair High School in 1930, and then attended a Farm Operators Short Course at the University of Nebraska College of Agriculture. He farmed the family’s farm and was a strong supporter of the First United Methodist Church, the Grange, the Washington County Recycling Center, and other community groups.

In 1937, he married Ruth Louise Flynn. She survives him, as do his three children and their spouses, Susan and Kurt Halverson, Jim and Darrylin Lippincott, and mary and Greg Busby; eight grandchildren; one great-grandchild; a brother, Don; and many nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews.

He was preceded in death by his sisters, Viva Guyer and Ruth M. Lippincott; and a brother, Clark Lippincott.

#2 Funeral Leaflet

In Loving Memory of Richard Joshua Lippincott

Born September 13, 1912 Blair, Nebraska ~ Entered Into Rest February 1, 2007 Blair, Nebraska

Funeral Services 11:00 A.M. Monday, February 5, 2007 First United Methodist Church, Blair, Nebraska. Officiating: Rev. Denny Silk, Rev. A.K. Saul. Organist: Clare Cowing. Vocalist: Rodney Thiemann. Musical Selection: “Hymn of Promise”. Congregational Hymns: “#189 “Fairest Lord Jesus”, #144 “This Is My Father’s World”

Casketbearers: Greg Busby, Michael Busby, Robert Busby, Kurt Halverson, Chris Johnson, Bryon Lippincott

Arrangements by Campbell-Aman Funeral Home

#3 - - a second obituary from the Omaha World-Herald is in the Library files, which does not contain any additional information.

~~~ Obituary and funeral leaflet courtesy of Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings and leaflets on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska~~~

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