Wilbur H. Hipple 1889-1950

HIPPLE, ENGLE, COLLIER, CONREY, CONRY, PHILLIPS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 3/29/2011 at 23:46:09

Wilbur Hipple Dies at 61
Conductor on Rock Island
Wilbur H. Hipple, 61, Rock Island passenger conductor of Estherville, died at 5 a.m. today in Holy Family hospital following a heart attack. He had been ill about six weeks.

Hipple, who had moved Nov. 1 with his family to Estherville from Iowa Falls, was a conductor on passenger trains 19 and 20 and ran between Estherville and Sioux Falls and Estherville and Cedar Rapids. He had worked for the Rock Island for 41 years.

He was born Sept. 17, 1889 [per cemetery records 1888], in Sioux Rapids and received his education there. Survivors include his wife, two daughters, Mrs. J. W. Engle and Mrs. James Collier, both of Philadelphia, three brothers, Harvey and John of Estherville and Earl of Davenport, two sisters, Mrs. Luella Conrey of Davenport and Mrs. Angela Phillips of Buffalo, N.Y., and a grandson.

Services have been postponed pending arrival of his daughters from the east. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 16, 1950)

Hipple Rites Thursday
Services for Wilbur H. Hipple will be held 2 p.m. Thursday at Sandin Funeral home, the Rev. Edwin C. Bowyer officiating. Burial will be at Oak Hill cemetery. Friends who wish to pay their last respects may call at Sandin anytime up to time of services. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 17, 1950)

Fred Smith of Iowa Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hipple and Mrs. Louella Conery of Davenport came here Wednesday to attend the funeral services for Wilbur Hipple. Mrs. Hipple’s daughters and families, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Engle and Mr. and Mrs. James Collier of Philadelphia, are remaining here for a longer time to visit their mother. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, January 21, 1950)