Dayton Sippy
August 4, 1931 — December 14, 2007
Dayton Sippy, 76, of Marion, died Friday, December 14, 2007, at Summit Pointe Memory Care Unit in Marion, Iowa. He died in his sleep of complications from Myelodysplasia.
The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, where a Memorial Service with military honors begins at 7:00 p.m., conducted by Chaplain Jeremy Hudson. Graveside inurnment is tentatively planned for May of 2008 at Prairie View Cemetery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Dayton is survived by his wife of 47 years, Marilyn; two adult children, Karen Sippy (Randy) Martis of Warwick, New York, and Keith Sippy of Central City, Iowa; two brothers, Robert (Pat) Sippy of Jim Falls, Wisconsin, and Allan Sippy of Hiawatha, Iowa; a sister-in-law, LaVonne Sippy of Bloomer, Wisconsin; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Dayton was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Lillian Sippy; a brother, Marshall and a brother and sister-in-law, Vernon and Delores Sippy.
Dayton was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, lived his youth in Jim Falls, Wisconsin, and in 1949, graduated from Chippewa Falls High School. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. During the Korean Conflict, Dayton served four years with the U.S. Air Force, primarily in Maine and Alaska with the Radar Division.
In 1957, Dayton began working with Collins Radio Co. as a draftsman. He later became a technical writer, enjoying writing about space projects, helicopters and airplanes. In 1987, he took early retirement from Rockwell Collins, after 30 years.
As a youth, Dayton especially enjoyed playing baseball. As an adult, he enjoyed bowling, golf, bicycle riding, jogging and working out at the Collins Rec. Center until his illness was diagnosed in 2003 and then progressed. His interests and talents were varied: art, history, reading, genealogy, bridge, computers, symphony concerts and crocheting. He especially enjoyed Marilyn’s Camp Fire youth groups’ and family vacations to most of the United States and some places beyond, especially to Paris in 1993 with Coe College and to Norway in 2001 to visit relatives.
The family is appreciative of the MANY medical people who helped Dayton in his four years of illness and recent care at Milestones in Marion, the Summit Pointe Memory Care Unit and from St. Luke’s Hospice.
Dayton’s gentle good nature will be missed by many.
In lieu of flowers, any memorials might be sent to the Dayton and Marilyn Sippy Scholarship Fund which Dayton set up a number of years ago, c/o The Linn-Mar School Foundation, 3111 N. 10th St., Marion IA 52302-5499 (or to a charity of your choice.)
The family will greet friends from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Center in Marion, where a Memorial Service with military honors begins at 7:00 p.m., conducted by Chaplain Jeremy Hudson. Graveside inurnment is tentatively planned for May of 2008 at Prairie View Cemetery in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin.
Dayton is survived by his wife of 47 years, Marilyn; two adult children, Karen Sippy (Randy) Martis of Warwick, New York, and Keith Sippy of Central City, Iowa; two brothers, Robert (Pat) Sippy of Jim Falls, Wisconsin, and Allan Sippy of Hiawatha, Iowa; a sister-in-law, LaVonne Sippy of Bloomer, Wisconsin; and many cousins, nieces and nephews.
Dayton was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Lillian Sippy; a brother, Marshall and a brother and sister-in-law, Vernon and Delores Sippy.
Dayton was born in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, lived his youth in Jim Falls, Wisconsin, and in 1949, graduated from Chippewa Falls High School. He attended the University of Wisconsin in Madison. During the Korean Conflict, Dayton served four years with the U.S. Air Force, primarily in Maine and Alaska with the Radar Division.
In 1957, Dayton began working with Collins Radio Co. as a draftsman. He later became a technical writer, enjoying writing about space projects, helicopters and airplanes. In 1987, he took early retirement from Rockwell Collins, after 30 years.
As a youth, Dayton especially enjoyed playing baseball. As an adult, he enjoyed bowling, golf, bicycle riding, jogging and working out at the Collins Rec. Center until his illness was diagnosed in 2003 and then progressed. His interests and talents were varied: art, history, reading, genealogy, bridge, computers, symphony concerts and crocheting. He especially enjoyed Marilyn’s Camp Fire youth groups’ and family vacations to most of the United States and some places beyond, especially to Paris in 1993 with Coe College and to Norway in 2001 to visit relatives.
The family is appreciative of the MANY medical people who helped Dayton in his four years of illness and recent care at Milestones in Marion, the Summit Pointe Memory Care Unit and from St. Luke’s Hospice.
Dayton’s gentle good nature will be missed by many.
In lieu of flowers, any memorials might be sent to the Dayton and Marilyn Sippy Scholarship Fund which Dayton set up a number of years ago, c/o The Linn-Mar School Foundation, 3111 N. 10th St., Marion IA 52302-5499 (or to a charity of your choice.)
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