Alfred Washington Pipes Obituary:
A.W. Pipes Passed Away at Los Angles, California, Last Week
Mrs. Fannie Harmon and Mrs. H. F. Kille received a message, Thursday of last week, telling of the death of their brother, Alfred W. Pipes, at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, January 26.
Mr. Pipes, a son of the late James P. and Sarah Evelyn Sevier Pipes was born January 15, 1877. He graduated from the Browning High School in the class of 1897. During his early life he worked for E. R. Best in the mercantile business, was editor and publisher of the Browning Leader-Record for about two years, selling the business to Phillip Lantz in 1904. He then became interested in banking and assisted S. L. Gibson in organizing a bank at Laredo where on April 20, 1904 the directors of the new bank elected Mr. Pipes as cashier. After a few years in the Laredo Bank, Mr. Pipes went to Polson, Montana, where he became instrumental in the organization of banks in various cities in the West. About four years ago he retired from business and moved to Los Angeles.
He was united in marriage in the fall of 1904, to Miss. Maude Reger, who lived north of Reger, Missouri.
He is survived by his wife, three sisters, Mrs. Norma Carter, of Linnaeus, Mrs. Maude Kille and Mrs. Fannie Harmon of Browning; two brothers: Rev. A. L. Pipes of Quincy, Illinois, and A. A. Pipes, of Fresno, California.
Alfred Washington Pipes Obituary:
A.W. Pipes Passed Away at Los Angles, California, Last Week
Mrs. Fannie Harmon and Mrs. H. F. Kille received a message, Thursday of last week, telling of the death of their brother, Alfred W. Pipes, at his home in Los Angeles, California, on Wednesday, January 26.
Mr. Pipes, a son of the late James P. and Sarah Evelyn Sevier Pipes was born January 15, 1877. He graduated from the Browning High School in the class of 1897. During his early life he worked for E. R. Best in the mercantile business, was editor and publisher of the Browning Leader-Record for about two years, selling the business to Phillip Lantz in 1904. He then became interested in banking and assisted S. L. Gibson in organizing a bank at Laredo where on April 20, 1904 the directors of the new bank elected Mr. Pipes as cashier. After a few years in the Laredo Bank, Mr. Pipes went to Polson, Montana, where he became instrumental in the organization of banks in various cities in the West. About four years ago he retired from business and moved to Los Angeles.
He was united in marriage in the fall of 1904, to Miss. Maude Reger, who lived north of Reger, Missouri.
He is survived by his wife, three sisters, Mrs. Norma Carter, of Linnaeus, Mrs. Maude Kille and Mrs. Fannie Harmon of Browning; two brothers: Rev. A. L. Pipes of Quincy, Illinois, and A. A. Pipes, of Fresno, California.
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