Bedford Times-Press, Thursday October 1, 1959 p. 4
Mrs. A. C. Whipple Rites At Sharpsburg
Mrs. A. [ustin] C. [rary] Whipple of Sharpsburg died at Rosary Hospital in Corning, Tuesday, September 22.

Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian Church in Sharpsburg the following Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. E. M. McGehee. Burial was in the Guss cemetery.

Lula Allen Whipple, daughter of James and Harriet Allen, was born in Harrison County, Mo., near Eagleville, and died at the age of 82 years, eight months, 13 days.

She was united in marriage to Austin Crary Whipple, Feb. 26, 1899. To this union four children were born, Clella Harman of Griswold, Neva Pfander of Gravity, Dean Whipple of Conway, Loyd Whipple who died in infancy.

There are 12 grandchildren, Lorna Bedard of Long Beach, Calif., Horace and Melvin Pfander of Sharpsburg, Maxine Bates of Anoka, Minn., Betty Robertson of Sullivan, Mo., Berniece Pfander of Stanberry, Mo., Eloise Pfander of Gravity, Helen Perdue of Elliot, Deanna Pangilina of Griswold, Margaret, Austin and Lula Kay Whipple of Conway. She also has 13 great grandchildren.

Lula Whipple was one of a family of 11, four of whom preceded her in death. Those remaining are Homer Allen of Harlan, Margaret Frost of Ridgeway, Mo., Minnie Schwab of Kansas City, Joe Allen of Hamilton, Mo., McKinley Allen of Kansas City, Fred Allen of Darlington, Mo.

After her marriage they lived on a farm near Guss, later moving to Mills County and from there to Colorado. Two years later the family moved back to Iowa and lived near Avoca for two years. From Avoca they moved to Mills County, where they lived ten years. In 1922 they moved to Taylor County in the Sharpsburg community.

Mrs. Whipple at an early age joined the church at Mount Gilead, a country church near Eagleville, Mo. While living in Mills County she transferred her membership to the Presbyterian Church at Emerson, then when she moved to [the] Sharpsburg community in 1922 she transferred her membership to the Presbyterian church of Sharpsburg, where she remained an active member.

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