HIPPEN, Deidra Floreine 1958-2005

HIPPEN, KING, ELLINGSON

Posted By: Jeffrey R Phillips (email)
Date: 2/16/2005 at 21:10:31

Deidra F. Hippen

Deidra Floreine Hippen, age 46 of Parkersburg, passed away Feb. 9, 2005, at the Fairview University Medical Center in Minneapolis, Minn. She was born Oct. 3, 1958, in Des Moines, the daughter of Alton and Floreine King Ellingson. She graduated from Wellsburg High School and attended Ellsworth College for two years.

She was united in marriage with Galen Hippen on March 28, 1981 at the Hope Reformed Church in Parkersburg. The couple lived in Aplington, where worked with Galen in their Hippen Appliance business. She worked for Bergan Paulson Accounting Firm in Waterloo for a few years, for the Postal Service in several towns, for Oster Communications for one year and then for Peterson Genetics for six years.

She was a member of Hope Reformed Church in Parkersburg. She served as secretary/treasurer for the Sunday School and was a member of the B.E.L.L. Couples Group. Hippen also helped at church as a youth group leader, Puppet Ministry and sang in the church choir. She was active in the Cursillo Community.

Hippen is survived by her husband; daughters Koby and Haley Hippen at home; brothers Ron (Cindy) Ellingson of Wellsburg and Rick (Gina) Ellingson of Waterloo; sister Denise (Bill) Wieland of Carroll; mother-in-law JoAnn Hippen of Aplington; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Alton and Floreine Ellingson; her grandparents; one brother, Keith Ellingson; one sister-in-law, Chris Ellingson and one sister in infancy.

Funeral Service were held Feb. 12, 2005 at Hope Reformed Church in Parkersburg, with Pastor Neal Ooms officiating. Interment was in Pleasant View Cemetery in Aplington.

The Redman-Schwartz Funeral Chapel of Aplington, was in charge of the arrangements.

Memorials may be directed to the family or to an education fund for her girls.