AUGUSTA – Barbara Helen Shipley, 85, formerly of Oquossoc, passed peacefully in the early morning hours of Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010, at the Veterans Home.
She was born Aug. 30, 1924, in Augusta, the daughter of Herbert Martin and Esther Frances (Files) Dow. She was a graduate of Cony High School. On Oct. 10, 1942, she married John Robert Shipley in Augusta. For many years, while raising their family, they lived in Massachusetts, returning for their retirement years to Oquossoc and the Rangeley Lakes area. Mr. Shipley died on Nov. 27, 2001.
Survivors include her son John Russell Shipley of South Berwick; her daughter, Sandra Mims and her husband, Robert of Taunton, Mass.; five grandchildren: John R. Shipley, Jr., Barbara Parks-Shipley; Troy Morrison Shipley and his wife, Brandi and their son, Asher Shipley; Marilyn Lee Mims, Robert Morrill Mims, Jr. and his wife Juliane and their daughter Madison Rose Mims; a brother, Martin William Dow and his wife, Phyllis of Auburn, nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Lee Shipley.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, Feb. 20, at 11 a.m. from the Wiles Remembrance Center, 137 Farmington Falls Rd. (Rtes. 2 & 27) Farmington, with Rhonda Wiles-Rosell as celebrant. Gifts of remembrance may be given to the Rangeley Public Library PO Box 1150 Rangeley, Me. 04970 ATT.: Martin Gagnon. Spring committal services will be held on Friday morning May 28 at 10 a.m. at the Evergreen Cemetery, Rangeley. For a more complete obituary and to offer words of condolence and tribute to her family, visit the Remembrance Center Web site at www.wilesrc.com.
