Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameThomas Eller Lipe 
Birth20 Aug 1921, Stanly County, NC
Death1 May 2018, Bethany Woods, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial5 May 2018, Salem UMC Cemetery, Millingport, Stanly County, NC
FatherRansom Alexander Lipe (1890-1977)
MotherAnna Lee Hartman (1894-1978)
Spouses
Birth28 Aug 1925, Marion County, SC
Death24 May 2015, Woodhaven Court, Albemarle, Stanly County, NC
Burial29 May 2015, Salem UMC Cemetery, Millingport, Stanly County, NC
FatherWilliam Melvin Matze (1886-1968)
MotherElla Blanche Linn (1890-1987)
Marriageabt 1948
ChildrenThomas Eller (1958-)
Notes for Thomas Eller Lipe
Thomas E. Lipe
Mr. Thomas E. Lipe of Albemarle passed on May 1, 2018, at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 96.
A native of Stanly County, Mr. Lipe was born in the Richfield/Millingport area, and graduated from Millingport High School in 1939. He served in the US Navy in World War II and worked at Collins and Aikman Corporation in Norwood for 41 years until retiring in 1986. Mr. Lipe was a lifelong member of Salem United Methodist Church.
His lifelong sweetheart, Margaret Matze Lipe, preceded him in death in 2015 after 67 years of marriage. Mr. Lipe is survived by his son, Thomas Lipe, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Anne Lipe, of Damascus, MD, brother Herman Lipe of Richfield/Millingport, sister Aileen Myers of Lexington, sister-in-law Mary Matze Setzer of Mooresville, “granddaughter” Allison Nance of Albemarle, and innumerable nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and -nephews, and a universe of friends.
Mr. Lipe was a passionate college basketball fan, a gardener whose summers were spent helping Margaret make the family farm the world’s largest flower garden and whose winters were spent shelling pecans, and caregiver to many people. We are much the richer for knowing him and will miss him deeply.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Friday, May 4, 2018 at Hartsell Funeral Home - Albemarle. The funeral service will be on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Salem United Methodist Church, 20987 NC 73 Hwy, Albemarle, officiated by Rev. Steven Combs. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Salem United Methodist Church, or Community Home Care & Hospice.
Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Lipe family.
Mr. Thomas E. Lipe of Albemarle passed on May 1, 2018, at Bethany Woods Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was 96.
A native of Stanly County, Mr. Lipe was born in the Richfield/Millingport area, and graduated from Millingport High School in 1939. He served in the US Navy in World War II and worked at Collins and Aikman Corporation in Norwood for 41 years until retiring in 1986. Mr. Lipe was a lifelong member of Salem United Methodist Church.
His lifelong sweetheart, Margaret Matze Lipe, preceded him in death in 2015 after 67 years of marriage. Mr. Lipe is survived by his son, Thomas Lipe, Jr., and daughter-in-law, Anne Lipe, of Damascus, MD, brother Herman Lipe of Richfield/Millingport, sister Aileen Myers of Lexington, sister-in-law Mary Matze Setzer of Mooresville, “granddaughter” Allison Nance of Albemarle, and innumerable nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and -nephews, and a universe of friends.
Mr. Lipe was a passionate college basketball fan, a gardener whose summers were spent helping Margaret make the family farm the world’s largest flower garden and whose winters were spent shelling pecans, and caregiver to many people. We are much the richer for knowing him and will miss him deeply.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Friday, May 4, 2018 at Hartsell Funeral Home - Albemarle. The funeral service will be on Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 2:00 pm at Salem United Methodist Church, 20987 NC 73 Hwy, Albemarle, officiated by Rev. Steven Combs. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Salem United Methodist Church, or Community Home Care & Hospice.
Hartsell Funeral Home of Albemarle is serving the Lipe family.