Robert Shipps

Services for Robert V. Shipps, 84, Shawnee, were Sunday, July 18, at Amos Family Chapel of Shawnee. Burial was in Richmond Memory Gardens, Richmond, Mo.
Mr. Shipps died Wednesday, July 14, 2010, at Shawnee Gardens Nursing Center.
He was born Oct. 31, 1925, in Powersville, Mo., the son of Gilford E. and Nora A. (Wooderson) Shipps. He was a 1954 graduate of Carrollton High School, Carrollton, Mo. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, and was a produce manager for many years working at Mission Highlands and Safeway. He was a longtime member of the Shawnee United Methodist Church.
A son, Robert L. Shipps, died earlier.
Survivors include his wife, Naomi K (McMullen) Shipps; a daughter, Paula A. (Jay) Jones, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter-in-law, Lois Shipps, Aurora, Colo.; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to either the Alzheimer’s Association or Hospice Care of Kansas sent in care of the funeral chapel, 10901 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203.
Online condolences can be made at amosfamily.com.