- Date Of Birth: February 27, 1933
- Date Of Death: February 18, 2023
- State: Nebraska
Carolyn Pearl Sipes, age 89, of Osceola, Nebraska passed away February 18, 2023 at the Good Samaritan Society in Osceola.
Carolyn was born February 27, 1933 in Cass County, Iowa, the youngest of seven children, to Floyd LeRoy and Eva (Abhau) McFadden. She attended elementary school in rural Cass County, Iowa, graduating from Atlantic High school in 1950. Following high school she attended Peru State College, UNL and Platte College.
On August 20, 1951 she was united in marriage to Kenneth Eugene Sipes in Lyman, Iowa. To this union three children were born. The family lived in various places including Peru, Falls City, Fairmont and Osceola. Carolyn worked as a secretary, nurse aide and then a medical records technician at Annie Jeffrey Memorial County Hospital in Osceola. She retired in 1991.
Carolyn enjoyed gardening, knitting, reading, camping, playing cards and volunteering.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Rebekah Lodge, and the American Cancer Society in Polk County.
Survivors include her children: Jayne Lynn (Max) Fredrickson of Columbus, Alan Wayne Sipes of Denver, CO, and Scot Dean Sipes of Columbus, Ohio; three grandchildren: Robert (Melissa) Engel, Richard (Candace) Engel, Jason (Krista) Sipes; six great grandchildren: Erin Engel, Ryan Engel, Sapphira Engel, Riviera Engel, Reagan Sipes and Charlotte Sipes; sister Donna Peterson of Aurelia, IA; sister-in-law Shirley McFadden of Atlantic, IA; and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth who passed away February 9, 2009; her parents Floyd and Eva McFadden; grandson Jeremy Engel; sisters Genevieve McNally Lavett, Kathleen McFadden and Opal Frisbie; brothers Bruce McFadden, and Wayne McFadden; sister-in-law Helen McFadden; brothers-in-law Roy Frisbie, Wayne Peterson, William McNally, and Fred Lavett.
