If this is the Lena S. PHIPPS who is buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Friendship, NY, then the obit is from 1940. Her marker gives the dates 1871-1940. The marker for her husband Frank A, PHIPPS states 1858-1919. Lena PHIPP's parents were John P. STOUT and Alice MAIN. Her maternal grandparents were Erastus and Dorcas MAIN. Her paternal grandparents were Charles G. and Ure Sarah (HART) STOUT. --------- Bill Hart > Subject: [NYAllega] Lena Phipps obit > Date: 7 Oct 2003 15:00:13 -0600 > From: mmills2725@aol.com > To: NYALLEGA-L@rootsweb.com > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Obituary > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6293 > > Message Board Post: > > LENA PHIPPS > No date > > Mrs. Lena PHIPPS, 68, died at her home in Fillmore on Monday evening, following a long period of ill health. > She became considerably worse on Saturday and failed to rally. > > Funeral services were held at her late home on Genesee Street on Thursday afternoon, with the Rev. C. H. NASH > and the Rev. Harold WASS officiating. Burial was in Friendship Cemetery where the Order of the Eastern Star > had charge of the rites. > > She is survived by one son, Ralph of Geneva. > > Mrs. PHIPPS was the widow of the late Frank A. PHIPPS who conducted a furniture and undertaking business > here for many years. He died in April of 1919. > > [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]