Obituaries : Luella E. Gipe

VINTON: Luella E. Gipe, 87 passed away, Sunday, February 7, 2016 at the Vinton Lutheran Home following a stroke.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at the Vinton Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz officiating. Friends may call from 9:30 AM until service time at the church on Wednesday. Interment will take place at Evergreen Cemetery in Vinton. Memorials may be left for the Vinton Lutheran Home.Phillips Funeral Home in Vinton is in charge of arrangements.

Luella was born August 30, 1928 in Independence, Iowa, the daughter of Samuel and Magdalena (Boger) Gipe. She was employed at Vinton Produce Company and later at the Vinton Ham Plant. She was a long-time member of the Vinton Presbyterian Church.

After she retired, she and her long-time companion, Mary Bolenbaugh, toured the United States, Nova Scotia and Quebec in their V.W. mini-van. With the help of family, she and Mary built their home North of Vinton. After Mary’s death in 2006, Luella remained in their home until she moved to Windsor Manor and later the Vinton Lutheran Home.

She is survived by her long-time friends, Sylvia Schoonover, Janet and Keith Elwick and family, Ruth Dulin and family and many nieces and nephews

Luella was preceded in death by her companion Mary, her parents, two brothers, George and Dale Gipe and two sisters, Elizabeth Smith and Sarah Gipe.

We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the staff of the Lutheran Home, Hospice Compassus and Rev. Jessica Crane-Munoz.

Online condolences may be left at: www.phillipsfuneralhomes.com.