Irvin Jackson Gipe, 92, of Roxbury, died Friday, February 8, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health care Center.
Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe.
Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post # 223, Shippensburg.
Surviving are two daughters, Dorothy L. Gabert of New Bloomfield and Darlene E. Zaring of Newport, two sons, David W. Gipe of Trenton, TN and Robert G. Gipe of Newville, one brother, Wilbur Gipe of Portland, ME, one sister, Hazel Petway of Tampa, FL, 17 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice M. Davis Gipe who died January 23, 2012, one son Bruce L. Gipe, three sisters, three brothers, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Living Faith Chapel, Shippensburg, with the Rev. Eldon J. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Shippensburg Veterans Council. A viewing will be held Tuesday, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Living Faith Chapel, 8770 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com www.pennlive.com/obits
Published in Patriot-News on February 10, 2013
Added; February 23, 2013
MCKINNEY MAN IS MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe, whose wife and daughter live at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Gipe, on Newburg R.R.1, in the vicinity of McKinney, has been reported missing in action on a North African battlefront by the War Department. Mrs. Gipe has received an official notification to that effect.
Private Gipe entered the armed forces June 9, 1942, and was assigned to Fort Meade. From there he was sent to England and then to North Africa.
The last letter Mrs. Gipe received from her husband was on April 23. He wrote that he was well and that he enjoyed doing his part for his country.
Mrs. Gipe first learned that her husband might be missing when she received a number of letters from various radio listeners in the nation reporting that according to a Rome radio dispatch her husband had been taken as a prisoner of war.
However, the official notice from Washington stated that her husband was missing in action.
News Chronicle,
Shippensburg, PA
PVT GIPE HOME AFTER 2 YEARS IN NAZI PRISONS
Two years is a long time to spend in German prison camps but release from that experience is what V-E day meant to Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe. He arrived home to his wife and daughter, Chambersburg R.R. 6, Friday, May 18, and saw his parents Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gipe, Newburg, R.R. 1, soon afterwards. William and much thinner than he appears in the picture with the news story, he seemed in good spirits over his release and the 88 points accumulated by his three years service in the Army.
Pvt. Gipe was inducted June 9, 1942, was wounded April 24 and captured by the Germans the same day at Tunis, North Africa, taken north and well cared for by the enemy until the bullet wound in his right arm healed. He was a POW in German prison camps 18-C, 18-A and 2-B and in the meantime did all kinds of farm work on the farms in the neighborhood of the prisons.
The glad day of his release came April 12, when General Patton's Fifth Armored Division released all the prisoners in the stockade where he was confined. Pvt. Gipe was taken back of the lines with other released prisoners, then to Le Harve, France, the port of embarkation to Camp Dix, New Jersey, then to his home here on May 18.
News Chronicle, date unknown
Added March 15, 2010 from the Shippensburg Historical Society Archives. Added from contributer "Sherry."
Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe.
Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post # 223, Shippensburg.
Surviving are two daughters, Dorothy L. Gabert of New Bloomfield and Darlene E. Zaring of Newport, two sons, David W. Gipe of Trenton, TN and Robert G. Gipe of Newville, one brother, Wilbur Gipe of Portland, ME, one sister, Hazel Petway of Tampa, FL, 17 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice M. Davis Gipe who died January 23, 2012, one son Bruce L. Gipe, three sisters, three brothers, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Living Faith Chapel, Shippensburg, with the Rev. Eldon J. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Shippensburg Veterans Council. A viewing will be held Tuesday, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Living Faith Chapel, 8770 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com www.pennlive.com/obits
Published in Patriot-News on February 10, 2013
Added; February 23, 2013
MCKINNEY MAN IS MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe, whose wife and daughter live at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Gipe, on Newburg R.R.1, in the vicinity of McKinney, has been reported missing in action on a North African battlefront by the War Department. Mrs. Gipe has received an official notification to that effect.
Private Gipe entered the armed forces June 9, 1942, and was assigned to Fort Meade. From there he was sent to England and then to North Africa.
The last letter Mrs. Gipe received from her husband was on April 23. He wrote that he was well and that he enjoyed doing his part for his country.
Mrs. Gipe first learned that her husband might be missing when she received a number of letters from various radio listeners in the nation reporting that according to a Rome radio dispatch her husband had been taken as a prisoner of war.
However, the official notice from Washington stated that her husband was missing in action.
News Chronicle,
Shippensburg, PA
PVT GIPE HOME AFTER 2 YEARS IN NAZI PRISONS
Two years is a long time to spend in German prison camps but release from that experience is what V-E day meant to Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe. He arrived home to his wife and daughter, Chambersburg R.R. 6, Friday, May 18, and saw his parents Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gipe, Newburg, R.R. 1, soon afterwards. William and much thinner than he appears in the picture with the news story, he seemed in good spirits over his release and the 88 points accumulated by his three years service in the Army.
Pvt. Gipe was inducted June 9, 1942, was wounded April 24 and captured by the Germans the same day at Tunis, North Africa, taken north and well cared for by the enemy until the bullet wound in his right arm healed. He was a POW in German prison camps 18-C, 18-A and 2-B and in the meantime did all kinds of farm work on the farms in the neighborhood of the prisons.
The glad day of his release came April 12, when General Patton's Fifth Armored Division released all the prisoners in the stockade where he was confined. Pvt. Gipe was taken back of the lines with other released prisoners, then to Le Harve, France, the port of embarkation to Camp Dix, New Jersey, then to his home here on May 18.
News Chronicle, date unknown
Added March 15, 2010 from the Shippensburg Historical Society Archives. Added from contributer "Sherry."
Irvin Jackson Gipe, 92, of Roxbury, died Friday, February 8, 2013 in the Shippensburg Health care Center.
Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe.
Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post # 223, Shippensburg.
Surviving are two daughters, Dorothy L. Gabert of New Bloomfield and Darlene E. Zaring of Newport, two sons, David W. Gipe of Trenton, TN and Robert G. Gipe of Newville, one brother, Wilbur Gipe of Portland, ME, one sister, Hazel Petway of Tampa, FL, 17 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice M. Davis Gipe who died January 23, 2012, one son Bruce L. Gipe, three sisters, three brothers, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Living Faith Chapel, Shippensburg, with the Rev. Eldon J. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Shippensburg Veterans Council. A viewing will be held Tuesday, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Living Faith Chapel, 8770 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com www.pennlive.com/obits
Published in Patriot-News on February 10, 2013
Added; February 23, 2013
MCKINNEY MAN IS MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe, whose wife and daughter live at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Gipe, on Newburg R.R.1, in the vicinity of McKinney, has been reported missing in action on a North African battlefront by the War Department. Mrs. Gipe has received an official notification to that effect.
Private Gipe entered the armed forces June 9, 1942, and was assigned to Fort Meade. From there he was sent to England and then to North Africa.
The last letter Mrs. Gipe received from her husband was on April 23. He wrote that he was well and that he enjoyed doing his part for his country.
Mrs. Gipe first learned that her husband might be missing when she received a number of letters from various radio listeners in the nation reporting that according to a Rome radio dispatch her husband had been taken as a prisoner of war.
However, the official notice from Washington stated that her husband was missing in action.
News Chronicle,
Shippensburg, PA
PVT GIPE HOME AFTER 2 YEARS IN NAZI PRISONS
Two years is a long time to spend in German prison camps but release from that experience is what V-E day meant to Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe. He arrived home to his wife and daughter, Chambersburg R.R. 6, Friday, May 18, and saw his parents Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gipe, Newburg, R.R. 1, soon afterwards. William and much thinner than he appears in the picture with the news story, he seemed in good spirits over his release and the 88 points accumulated by his three years service in the Army.
Pvt. Gipe was inducted June 9, 1942, was wounded April 24 and captured by the Germans the same day at Tunis, North Africa, taken north and well cared for by the enemy until the bullet wound in his right arm healed. He was a POW in German prison camps 18-C, 18-A and 2-B and in the meantime did all kinds of farm work on the farms in the neighborhood of the prisons.
The glad day of his release came April 12, when General Patton's Fifth Armored Division released all the prisoners in the stockade where he was confined. Pvt. Gipe was taken back of the lines with other released prisoners, then to Le Harve, France, the port of embarkation to Camp Dix, New Jersey, then to his home here on May 18.
News Chronicle, date unknown
Added March 15, 2010 from the Shippensburg Historical Society Archives. Added from contributer "Sherry."
Born Thursday, April 22, 1920 in Roxbury, he was a son of the late William David and Bessie M. Vaughn Gipe.
Irvin retired from Carlisle Tire and Rubber as an Inspector. He was a United States Army WWII POW and a member of the Oscar M. Hykes American Legion Post # 223, Shippensburg.
Surviving are two daughters, Dorothy L. Gabert of New Bloomfield and Darlene E. Zaring of Newport, two sons, David W. Gipe of Trenton, TN and Robert G. Gipe of Newville, one brother, Wilbur Gipe of Portland, ME, one sister, Hazel Petway of Tampa, FL, 17 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his wife, Alice M. Davis Gipe who died January 23, 2012, one son Bruce L. Gipe, three sisters, three brothers, and one grandson.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at the Living Faith Chapel, Shippensburg, with the Rev. Eldon J. Martin officiating. Burial will be in Otterbein Cemetery with military honors conducted by the Shippensburg Veterans Council. A viewing will be held Tuesday, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. in the Fogelsanger-Bricker Funeral Home Inc.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Living Faith Chapel, 8770 Possum Hollow Road, Shippensburg, PA 17257.
Online condolences may be expressed at www.fogelsanger-brickerfuneralhome.com www.pennlive.com/obits
Published in Patriot-News on February 10, 2013
Added; February 23, 2013
MCKINNEY MAN IS MISSING IN NORTH AFRICA
Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe, whose wife and daughter live at the home of his mother, Mrs. William Gipe, on Newburg R.R.1, in the vicinity of McKinney, has been reported missing in action on a North African battlefront by the War Department. Mrs. Gipe has received an official notification to that effect.
Private Gipe entered the armed forces June 9, 1942, and was assigned to Fort Meade. From there he was sent to England and then to North Africa.
The last letter Mrs. Gipe received from her husband was on April 23. He wrote that he was well and that he enjoyed doing his part for his country.
Mrs. Gipe first learned that her husband might be missing when she received a number of letters from various radio listeners in the nation reporting that according to a Rome radio dispatch her husband had been taken as a prisoner of war.
However, the official notice from Washington stated that her husband was missing in action.
News Chronicle,
Shippensburg, PA
PVT GIPE HOME AFTER 2 YEARS IN NAZI PRISONS
Two years is a long time to spend in German prison camps but release from that experience is what V-E day meant to Pvt. Irvin J. Gipe. He arrived home to his wife and daughter, Chambersburg R.R. 6, Friday, May 18, and saw his parents Mr. and Mrs. William D. Gipe, Newburg, R.R. 1, soon afterwards. William and much thinner than he appears in the picture with the news story, he seemed in good spirits over his release and the 88 points accumulated by his three years service in the Army.
Pvt. Gipe was inducted June 9, 1942, was wounded April 24 and captured by the Germans the same day at Tunis, North Africa, taken north and well cared for by the enemy until the bullet wound in his right arm healed. He was a POW in German prison camps 18-C, 18-A and 2-B and in the meantime did all kinds of farm work on the farms in the neighborhood of the prisons.
The glad day of his release came April 12, when General Patton's Fifth Armored Division released all the prisoners in the stockade where he was confined. Pvt. Gipe was taken back of the lines with other released prisoners, then to Le Harve, France, the port of embarkation to Camp Dix, New Jersey, then to his home here on May 18.
News Chronicle, date unknown
Added March 15, 2010 from the Shippensburg Historical Society Archives. Added from contributer "Sherry."
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