"S" OBITUARIES
Van Buren County Arkansas Genealogy Trails
EDMOND, OK–CLYDE RAYMOND SIPE, 87, former longtime Edmond resident, passed away Oct. 25, 1994 in Clinton, Ar.
He was a veteran of WWII, serving in the Army Medical Corp in Italy. A
former Mason and 32nd degree Mason with the Guthrie Scottish Rite and a
former member of the India Temple Shrine. Clyde retired from T.A.F.B.
He is survived by his wife, Ethel of the home in Fairfield Bay, Ar.;
brothers, Lynn Sipe of Edmond and Bob Sipe of Bakersfield, Ca.;
sisters, Louise Smith of Edmond and Mildred Gregg of Edmond; numerous
grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Services 10:00 a.m. Friday, Oct. 28, 1994, Baggerley-Marler Memorial Chapel. Interment, Gracelawn Cemetery.
--Daily Oklahoman, The (Oklahoma City, OK) - October 28, 1994.
SIKESTON, MO - HERMAN H. SMITH, 89, died at 1:20 p.m. Jan. 2, 2002, at the Sikeston Convalescent Center.
Born Nov. 22, 1912, at Clinton, Ark., son of the late Ed and Bertha
Bradley Smith, he was a retired landowner, cattleman and farmer.
His wife, Jimmie L. Barnes Smith, survives of the home.
Other survivors include: three daughters and two sons-in-law, Jo and
Ron Bloemer, Karan and Rick Wibbenmeyer and Pam Westmoreland of
Sikeston; and 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by one son, Dwayne Smith; one grandson, Wade Smith; four brothers; and one sister.
Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Nunnelee Funeral Chapel,
where services are scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Friday. The Rev. Jim
Matthews, pastor of Red Star Baptist Church in Cape Girardeau, Mo. will
officiate.
Burial will follow in the Bloomfield (Mo) Cemetery.
Pallbearers will be: Marty Williams, Darren Hillis, Fred Drury, Kevin Crosnoe, Brandon Winchester and Jacob Olson.
--Thursday, January 3, 2002, Sikeston Standard Democrat.
Hartford,
CT--MRS. SHERMAN ''SUNNY'' STAMBAUGH, 97, of Palmer Martin Road, died
Saturday, (June 16, 2007) in Chestelm Health Center here after a long
illness. She had lived in East Haddam since her move here in 1976 with
her husband following his retirement from public relations work in New
York. Since coming to East Haddam, Sunny had been active in many
village projects, including extensive wildflower plantings, along with
weeding and cleanup of such properties as Goodspeed Plaza, Rathbun
Library, the East Haddam Historical Society, Gillette Castle and local
elementary and high schools. For these and other activities as Civic
Affairs Chairman of the East Haddam Garden Club, she was lauded by
fellow club members and was honored by her town as one of East Haddam's
first Volunteers of the Month in August 1992. Sunny Stambaugh also had
considerable talents with handcraftwork, fashioning handsome wall
hangings, decorative small rugs and other needlework. She also
developed a successful small business, creating and selling decorative
pressed flower notecards for commercial and craft sales. On one
occasion, proceeds from sale of her cards were used to buy 1, 400
daffodils, which she and other volunteers planted throughout the
Gillette Castle grounds. Last fall, Sherman and Sunny Stambaugh
celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They were married on August
30th, 1946, in Toledo, OH where both were newspaper editorial workers.
A few years later, the couple moved east when Sherman transferred into
corporate public relations work in New York City, commuting here from
their first Connecticut home in Stamford. While living there, they
became parents of a daughter, Jane, born on May 16, 1952. (Now Jane
Millerick, she now lives in New York City.) Following his retirement
from corporate work, Sunny and Sherman moved to their present Palmer
Martin Road home.
Sunshine Myrtle Matthews Stambaugh was born October 3, 1909, in Van
Buren County, AR. Orphaned at an early age, she and her four sibling
brothers were placed in Masonic Home and School in Batesville, AR.
Following graduation, she worked in the editorial department of the San
Angelo (TX) Standard-Times, including coverage of livestock news
throughout the state. Early in World War II, she moved into work for
the Federal Defense Housing Authority in Corpus Christi and Fort Worth,
as a house training advisor. Following this service, she moved in the
mid-40s with friends to Toledo, where she worked for the Blade
newspaper and met and married Sherman. In observance of Sunny's
longtime wishes, there will be no public funeral services for her.
Rather, she left word of her preference for her many friends to offer
their private prayers as they may wish in her loving memory.
--Hartford Courant, The (CT) - June 19, 2007.
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