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Name: Evelyn M. Gipe Schinbeckler-tolliver
Spouse: Charles Tolliver
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Lake Wawasee, IN
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1936 Attended from through

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Birthdate: July 24, 1918   
Date of Death: December 23, 2011  
       

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Evelyn M. (Gipe) Schinbeckler-Tolliver, age 93, of Lake Wawasee, Syracuse, IN passed away at 3:30 p.m. Friday, December 23, 2011 at St. Anne Home and Retirement Community, Fort Wayne. Born on July 24, 1918 on the Gipe Family farm, at SR 9 and CR 500 N, in Thorncreek Township. She was the oldest of 7 children to Earl E. and Zora S.(Shock-Hodson) Gipe.

She spent her childhood in Thorncreek Township and graduated from Columbia City High School with the Class of 1936. Her first marriage was to Robert L. Schinbeckler and her second marriage was to Charles Tolliver whom both precede her in death. She lived for 30 years in Allen County, moving to Lake Wawasee. She first worked for the Whitley County Department of Welfare and numerous other offices within the Court House from 1936-1941. From 1941-1945, she was a clerk stenographer for the War Department at the Air Base Headquarters at Baer Field. She was a secretary at Dana Spice Axel Corporation, Fort Wayne, retiring after 25 years of service. Evelyn was a former member of the Wawasee Lakeside Chapel, Syracuse and Sigma Beta Sorority, Fort Wayne, Quill and Scroll Honorary Society for Journalist, ABWA of Fort Wayne and the Farm Bureau Chorus. She enjoyed music, playing the piano, organ, guitar and was the Gipe Family historian. She loved the water and was an avid swimmer and enjoy boating.

Survivors include her son, David (Mary) Schinbeckler of Appleton, WI; daughter, Sydney (Stephen) Campbell of Columbia City; brother and sisiters, Dortha Mae Marsh of Columbia City, Carol Bower, Clemmons, NC and William L. Gipe of Fort Wayne; 6 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, both husbands and 3 sisters, Bonita Miller, Helen Hazen and Eileen Fox.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, January 3, 2012 from 10-noon with funeral service immediately following at noon with Pastor Curtiss Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at the McClintic Cemetery, Syracuse. Memorial gifts may be given in Mrs. Tolliver's memory to donor's choice of charity. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home. Please visit www.demoneygrimes.com to send family condolences or sign the guest register book.


 
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