Alfred Daniel Sippel, 95, formerly of 27 Seventh St., died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Fond du Lac County Health Care Center.
He was born on July 29, 1900, in St. Cloud, a son of William and Frances Kemp Sippel. He married Mary Mathews in 1938 at St. Joseph's Church. She died on July 1, 1995.
Mr. Sippel was employed at the Chicago and North Western Railroad until retiring in 1967. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, Daniel and his wife Rose of Crystal Lake, Ill.; two daughters, Mary Lyshkow and her husband Norman of Chicago, and Jane FitzSimons and her husband Daniel of Alexandria, Va.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Elsie Will of St. Cloud.
Preceding him in death were one grandson, Thomas FitzSimons; three brothers and two sisters.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Cemetery. The Rev. Edward Sippel will officiate.
There is no visitation.
Memorials in his name may be directed to Villa Loretto Nursing Home in Mount Calvary.
Twohig Funeral Home of Fond du Lac is handling arrangements.
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Alfred grew up in a German speaking family. The Sippels were poor and he wore hand me downs. He wore shoes that were too big and later gave him foot problems. He was never a tall man, due to his poor nutrition growing up. Al had to stand up to his father when he drank and became abusive, especially to Apollonia. Despite being small, he was tough. William pulled him out of school when still a boy to help on the farm, and he never had much of an education. He didn't like to drink. Dad says he would have one shot of blackberry schnapps, get red in the face, and then stop.
He liked to watch the Milwaukee Braves, and still watched them when the team moved to Atlanta. He preferred baseball to the political conversations his wife and daughters would have but was a Democrat. While not intellectual, Al was very good at cards (he could count them) and was an excellent dancer.
In the Depression he worked in a slaughter house, unloading cows off the trains from Texas. He also made bathtub gin and had an illegal distillery at his sister's (Elsie) farm.
He was born on July 29, 1900, in St. Cloud, a son of William and Frances Kemp Sippel. He married Mary Mathews in 1938 at St. Joseph's Church. She died on July 1, 1995.
Mr. Sippel was employed at the Chicago and North Western Railroad until retiring in 1967. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, Daniel and his wife Rose of Crystal Lake, Ill.; two daughters, Mary Lyshkow and her husband Norman of Chicago, and Jane FitzSimons and her husband Daniel of Alexandria, Va.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Elsie Will of St. Cloud.
Preceding him in death were one grandson, Thomas FitzSimons; three brothers and two sisters.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Cemetery. The Rev. Edward Sippel will officiate.
There is no visitation.
Memorials in his name may be directed to Villa Loretto Nursing Home in Mount Calvary.
Twohig Funeral Home of Fond du Lac is handling arrangements.
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Alfred grew up in a German speaking family. The Sippels were poor and he wore hand me downs. He wore shoes that were too big and later gave him foot problems. He was never a tall man, due to his poor nutrition growing up. Al had to stand up to his father when he drank and became abusive, especially to Apollonia. Despite being small, he was tough. William pulled him out of school when still a boy to help on the farm, and he never had much of an education. He didn't like to drink. Dad says he would have one shot of blackberry schnapps, get red in the face, and then stop.
He liked to watch the Milwaukee Braves, and still watched them when the team moved to Atlanta. He preferred baseball to the political conversations his wife and daughters would have but was a Democrat. While not intellectual, Al was very good at cards (he could count them) and was an excellent dancer.
In the Depression he worked in a slaughter house, unloading cows off the trains from Texas. He also made bathtub gin and had an illegal distillery at his sister's (Elsie) farm.
Alfred Daniel Sippel, 95, formerly of 27 Seventh St., died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at Fond du Lac County Health Care Center.
He was born on July 29, 1900, in St. Cloud, a son of William and Frances Kemp Sippel. He married Mary Mathews in 1938 at St. Joseph's Church. She died on July 1, 1995.
Mr. Sippel was employed at the Chicago and North Western Railroad until retiring in 1967. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, Daniel and his wife Rose of Crystal Lake, Ill.; two daughters, Mary Lyshkow and her husband Norman of Chicago, and Jane FitzSimons and her husband Daniel of Alexandria, Va.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Elsie Will of St. Cloud.
Preceding him in death were one grandson, Thomas FitzSimons; three brothers and two sisters.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Cemetery. The Rev. Edward Sippel will officiate.
There is no visitation.
Memorials in his name may be directed to Villa Loretto Nursing Home in Mount Calvary.
Twohig Funeral Home of Fond du Lac is handling arrangements.
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Alfred grew up in a German speaking family. The Sippels were poor and he wore hand me downs. He wore shoes that were too big and later gave him foot problems. He was never a tall man, due to his poor nutrition growing up. Al had to stand up to his father when he drank and became abusive, especially to Apollonia. Despite being small, he was tough. William pulled him out of school when still a boy to help on the farm, and he never had much of an education. He didn't like to drink. Dad says he would have one shot of blackberry schnapps, get red in the face, and then stop.
He liked to watch the Milwaukee Braves, and still watched them when the team moved to Atlanta. He preferred baseball to the political conversations his wife and daughters would have but was a Democrat. While not intellectual, Al was very good at cards (he could count them) and was an excellent dancer.
In the Depression he worked in a slaughter house, unloading cows off the trains from Texas. He also made bathtub gin and had an illegal distillery at his sister's (Elsie) farm.
He was born on July 29, 1900, in St. Cloud, a son of William and Frances Kemp Sippel. He married Mary Mathews in 1938 at St. Joseph's Church. She died on July 1, 1995.
Mr. Sippel was employed at the Chicago and North Western Railroad until retiring in 1967. He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, Daniel and his wife Rose of Crystal Lake, Ill.; two daughters, Mary Lyshkow and her husband Norman of Chicago, and Jane FitzSimons and her husband Daniel of Alexandria, Va.; three grandchildren; and one sister, Elsie Will of St. Cloud.
Preceding him in death were one grandson, Thomas FitzSimons; three brothers and two sisters.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Charles Cemetery. The Rev. Edward Sippel will officiate.
There is no visitation.
Memorials in his name may be directed to Villa Loretto Nursing Home in Mount Calvary.
Twohig Funeral Home of Fond du Lac is handling arrangements.
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Alfred grew up in a German speaking family. The Sippels were poor and he wore hand me downs. He wore shoes that were too big and later gave him foot problems. He was never a tall man, due to his poor nutrition growing up. Al had to stand up to his father when he drank and became abusive, especially to Apollonia. Despite being small, he was tough. William pulled him out of school when still a boy to help on the farm, and he never had much of an education. He didn't like to drink. Dad says he would have one shot of blackberry schnapps, get red in the face, and then stop.
He liked to watch the Milwaukee Braves, and still watched them when the team moved to Atlanta. He preferred baseball to the political conversations his wife and daughters would have but was a Democrat. While not intellectual, Al was very good at cards (he could count them) and was an excellent dancer.
In the Depression he worked in a slaughter house, unloading cows off the trains from Texas. He also made bathtub gin and had an illegal distillery at his sister's (Elsie) farm.
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