Wahkiakum County Eagle- Jan 1996

 Harry P. Tipp
         
  Age 85, died at the Hospice Care Center.
  He was born in Lorimor, Iowa, to Henry and Minda (Kinney) Tipp.
  He married Ruth M. Munson in Vancouver on 25 Aug. 1928.
  In his early working years he was a truck driver, hauling rock for 
the Puget Island dike.  In 1931 he went to work in Sandy, Ore., in a 
sawmill, and a short time later he moved to Sodamill, Ore., and started 
his own sawmill.  He lived in several small towns in Oregon, and worked 
for Barger Lumber County in Mountaindale.  He returned to Cathlamet to 
retire in 1978.
  He was a member of the International Union of Operating Engineers 
Local 701, and had belonged to the Elochoman Grange since 1980.
  Last August, the Tipps celebrated 67 years of marriage.
  In addition to his wife, Ruth, at home, he leaves three daughters, 
Juanita Baker of Newberg, Ore., Harriett Powell of Anchorage, Alaska, 
and Loretta Nicholson of Lake Oswego, Ore.; four sisters, Zola Sanford 
of Burlington, Verna Bauer of Bremerton, Norma Ley and Betty Lee, both 
of Portland; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and 
numerous nieces and nephews.
  Funeral services were held Saturday at Dowling Funeral Chapel.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Greenwood Cemetery-Cathlamet, Wa.
18 Jul 1910-02 Jan 1996