Jane gave me permission to share this with the lists. This may be of special interest to any of you who might have attended MU. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane DeBellis" <jdebellis@uwf.edu> To: "Mike & Kathy Bowlin" <mkbowlin@iland.net> Sent: Monday, May 07, 2001 9:13 AM Subject: Re: [MORANDOL-L] Higbee News, Friday, 31 Jan 1919 > Friday, 31 Jan 1919, Vol 32, No 41--Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Patrick of near town > and Mr. and Mrs. Miller Robb went to Moberly yesterday to attend the funeral > of J. O. > Stipp, a nephew of Mr. Pattricks, who was killed by a New York Central train > in Cleveland, Ohio, Monday. Young Stipp was in the army and was on duty > when he met with the accident which cost him his life. > > Kathy, > > I had wondered if this would be in the Higbee paper as a number of my > mother's family lived in the Higbee area. This would be Julius Otto Stipp, > the son of William Wesley Stipp and Adelia Ragsdale Stipp. Adelia was the > daughter of Julius Ragsdale and Eliza Pattrick. He was the brother of my > grandmother, Hallie Stipp Butterly. He is among the MU graduates > memorialized in the Memorial Union tower (now connecting the north and south > wings of the Union at MU) built to honor MU graduates killed during the > Great War. His name is on the South wall of the archway interior. As a MU > alum myself (and former employee) hardly a day went by when I failed to > search out his name on the arch. He is buried in Oakland cemetary in > Moberly along side his parents, sister Hallie, infant niece Dorcas Butterly > and I believe a couple of young nephews who were the sons of his brother > Isaac Willard Stipp and Carrie DeGarmo Stipp. Feel free to share this with > the list. > > Jane DeBellis > Milton, FL > >