Bert A. Shipe, 83, of 1032 W. Mountain Road, Paxinos, formerly of Trevorton, passed away Saturday, Jan. 9, 2010, at ManorCare, Sunbury.
He resided in Paxinos for the past three years with his companion, Betty M. Wynn.
Born in Overlook on April 26, 1926, he was a son of the late Bert S. and Ethel M. (Yeager) Shipe.
Bert was married Nov. 26, 1949, in Winchester, Va., to the former Thelma T. Neidig, who died Feb. 11, 1998.
Mr. Shipe lived most of his life in Trevorton and graduated from Trevorton High School.
Early in life, he worked at the former Tressler Lumber Co. in Trevorton, and retired from Dorsey Trailers in Northumberland.
He attended Evangelical Congregational Church in Trevorton and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
Bert enjoyed building and flying radio-controlled airplanes.
He loved riding Harley Davidson motorcycles.
Survivors include two sons, David Shipe, of Harrisburg, and Jesse Shipe, of Ashland; six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Hazel Bohaczyk, of Trevorton, and Isabelle Bohaczyk, of Annville; a companion, Betty M. Wynn and her daughter, Judy Wynn, of Paxinos; and three neices, whom he raised, Bonnie Goodman, Becky Bingaman and Kathy Keiffer, all of Trevorton.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, one sister, Ethel I. Schwartz, and four brothers, Harold, in infancy, Charles, Russell and Arthur Shipe.