This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clippard, Zimmer, Vandoren, VanDoren, Manning, Finney Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/2JB.2ACE/421 Message Board Post: The Banner Press, Marble Hill, MO September 14, 1933 FELIX G. CLIPPARD Felix G. Clippard, 78 years old, former merchant and postmaster at Leopold, died of ureic poisoning late Friday afternoon at St. Francis Hospital. Mr. Clippard became ill last Thursday and was removed from his home and that of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Zimmer, Jr. The body was returned to the home today and will remain there until 8 o'clock Monday morning when Requiem High Mass will be said at St. Mary's Catholic Church. Rev. H. Weismans will conduct the funeral and burial will be in the cemetery at Leopold. Mr. Clippard, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George W. Clippard, was born December 20, 1834 in Marble Hill. Most of his adult life he spent in Leopold. Upon his retirement 19 years ago, he came to Cape Girardeau where his wife died 16 years ago. His children, who survive are Sister Mary Felix, a teacher of the Order of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, New Orleans, who has arrived; Mrs. A. W. Zimmer, Jr., who lived with her father; Mrs. Martin Vandoren, Perryville, who was with her father during his illness; Ennis Clippard of Cape Girardeau and Early Clippard of Flint, Michigan who is on his way here. Other relatives who survive are his sisters, Mrs. E. G. Manning, Cape Girardeau, and Mrs. W. D. Finney of Kennett, who is here, his brothers, Frank Clippard of Detroit and Fred Clippard, Cape Girardeau and 11 grandchildren. In Leopold, Mr. Clippard was a member of St. John's Catholic Church and helped to build the new church there. When he moved to Cape Girardeau he transferred his membership to St. Mary's Catholic Church. Note: Attached photos were taken by me at St. John's Cemetery, Leopold, May 2003. Shown is a close-up of the stone, and then a photo further back to show the entire stone. The stone reads: Husband of Josephine E. Clippard, Felix G. Clippard, Born December 20, 1854 and Died September 8, 1933, Aged 79 years, 8 months and 19 days.