Shirley M. Horr Schipps, 64, of 105 Latimer Avenue, Strabane, died Sunday, October 18, 1998, in Bay Front Medical Center, St. Petersburg, Fla. Mrs. Schipps was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Canonsburg, a charter member and president of North Strabane Women's Association, a member of North Strabane Democratic Women's Association, American German Beneficial Union and Moose Club women's auxiliary of Canonsburg. She was employed as an administrative nurse at Mayview State Hospital in Bridgeville. She retired in 1966. On May 20, 1960, she married Donsel Schipps, who survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Anita S. Allwardt of St. Petersburg; a son, Donsel Shipps Jr. of Strabane; two grandchildren, Cody and Calie Allwardt; an uncle, Jim Toth of Canonsburg; and a cousin, R.T. Bell. Copyright ©1998 Observer Publishing Co.Last updated Tuesday, October 20, 1998Shirley M. Schipps
Member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church
She was born March 3, 1934, in Canonsburg, a daughter of Harry and Hollis Young Horr.