More detail on this person: Funeral for retired
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Omar K. Kipe, 77, Lawton,
will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Becker Funeral
Home Memorial Chaple with Revs. Samual J. Avritt,
Pastor, Hilltop Baptist Church, and Kenneth Hayes,
retired Baptist minister, officiating.
Mr. Kipe died Friday, Sept. 14, 2001 in a local
hospital. Burial with military honors will be at
Post cemetery. He was born Dec 12, l923 in
Waynesboro, Pa. He retired from the Army in l968,
after serving in Korea and Vietnam. He was
awarded th Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star and
the Air Medal. He married Thelma F. Meyers on
Aug 2, l986, in Lawton. He was a carpenter and
builder and served for 22 years with the Holy City
of the Wichitas, and was on the board of
directors. He was a member of Hilltop Baptist
Church.
Survivors include his wife of the home; former
wife, Betty Lemons, Lawton. a son, Michael Keith
Kipe, Union City, Tenn; a daughter Anita Janice
Kipe, Smithsburg, Md; three stepdaughters:Pam
Howard, Columbus, Ohio; Trugina Hernderson,
Tuttle, OK and Sandra Lynne McManamaw,
Lawton,OK; three
brothers: Frank Kipe and Howard Kipe, both of
Waynesboro, Pa; and Alan Kipe, Hagerstown, Md;
two sisters: Janet Hosteretter, Chambersburg, Pa;
and Lois Peckman, St. Thomas, Pa; six
grandchildern; seven stepgrandchildren; and four
stepgreat-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 6-8 pm Monday at the funeral
home. Memorial contributions may be made to the
Holy City of the Wichitas, Box 203, Lawton 73502.
Sympathy cards may be sent to the family at
www.beckerfuneral.com
This is the obit as it appeared in the Lawton
paper.
From: CV MILLS <110030.360@compuserve.com>
Omar had been sick for a long time, stroke and a
hip operation and been in a wheel chair for quite
a while. I went to his funeral and he looked like
he always did and he was buried in his Blues. His
wife will not be geting any of his retirement pay
and she has it rough, my nephew is the VA Service
Officer for this area and he is going to try to
get her some help her only income is about $250.00
per mont from a 401k.
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