Jack C. Tippetts

Jack Claude Tippetts

SLATERVILLE - Jack Claude Tippetts, 75, passed away Monday, July 29, 2002 at home surrounded by his family. He died from complications of Parkinson's Disease.

He was born October 23, 1926 in Georgetown, Idaho, a son of Claudius Tippetts and Bessie Louise Gomm. When he was young, his family moved to Star Valley, Wyoming. After graduating from Star Valley High School he enlisted in the Navy, where he served until shortly after the end of World War II. He married Dolores Bingham on June 30, 1948 in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.

From 1955 to 1957, he and his brother Victor moved their families to a small logging camp in Wyoming, where they operated their own lumber business. After working many years for Swift, Barton and IML Trucking companies, he retired to work his topsoil business.

He was an active member of the LDS church, where he served faithfully in many positions throughout his life.

Surviving are his wife, Dolores B. Tippetts; children, Vicki (Jim) Smout, Scottsdale, AZ; Alison (Glenn) Driggs, Mesa, AZ; Claudia (Ben) Farr, Slaterville, UT; Jack Edward Tippetts, Slaterville, UT; Jennifer (Michael) Aldana, Idaho Falls, ID; Cara Lynn (Nathan) Warren, Willard, UT; Erin (Shawn) Taylor, Clinton, UT; 36 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are brothers and sisters, Eva Mills, Salt Lake City, UT; Mary Hoopes, Fairview, WY; Colleen Merrill, West Valley City, UT; Victor Tippetts, Osmond, WY; and James W. Tippetts, Brigham City, UT.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, one sister and a grandson.
VisitationMyers Mortuary - Ogden
100 Monroe Blvd.
Ogden, UT 84404
August 2, 2002
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
ServiceSlaterville Ward Chapel
250 N 1500 W
Slaterville, UT
August 3, 2002
11:00 AM
CemeteryOgden City Cemetery
20th and Madison
Ogden, UT 84404
August 3, 2002