Geneva E. Shipman
Geneva E. Shipman, 94, of rural Girard, died Sunday at Cornerstone Village in Pittsburg.
She was born Oct. 9, 1913, the eldest of nine children, to Lester and Goldie (Brader) Stewart near Sherman.
She married Lyle K. Shipman on Feb. 14, 1934, at her parent’s home in McCune. They celebrated 71 years of marriage before his death in 2005.
She was a member of the Osage Presbyterian Church in rural Girard and active in United Presbyterian Women. She served as a 4-H Leader for clothing and foods. Ms. Shipman was known for raising a large garden and her canning skills. She excelled as a cook and won numerous prizes at fairs on her baking, especially bread, winning the Fleshman’s (yeast) Award. She volunteered with the Girard Hospital Auxiliary and the Girard Public Library.
In her later years, she handmade lap robes for nursing home residents.
Survivors include one son, Phillip Shipman of Girard; four daughters, Luanne Brennan of Glen Ellyn, Illinois;  Carol Marie Shaw of Billings, Mont.; Nora Eng of San Antonio, Texas; and Ellen Carson of Girard; 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren; sisters Vera Dalrymple of Pittsburg; Loretta Cortner of Lee’s Summit, Mo., and Corene Shaffer of Girard.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, Charles Leroy Shipman, sisters Donna Johnston, Bernice Flaharty and Gladys Opal Stewart; a brother, Stanley Stewart; an infant brother and an infant granddaughter.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home with the Rev. Virgil Lempenau officiating.  Burial will be in the Girard Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home where friends may call Tuesday after 10 a.m.
Memorials are suggested to the Girard Hospital Foundation, Harry Hynes Hospice, or the Cornerstone Employees Assistance Fund and may be left at the Smith-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, 518 W St. John, Box 258, Girard, 66743.