Jean Louise Shipstedt

SHIPSTEDT, Jean Louise, 82, born in Youngstown, Ohio, on July 20, 1926, a Richmond resident since 1966, died August 26, 2008. She was preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, William M. Shipstedt Sr. Survivors include her four children, Bill Shipstedt Jr. and his wife, Beth, John Shipstedt and his wife, Ann, Karen Gammon and her husband, Tommy, and Gail Bendall and her husband, Denys; five grandchildren, Cary, Megan, Will, Cameron and Casey; and one brother, William Hahn of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Shipstedt attended Ohio State University and completed her nurse's training at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland. She volunteered for various local charities, was a sports enthusiast, a great cook, a dog lover and the world's best mom. Jean was passionate about tennis her entire life and played and supported tennis in the Richmond area. Her remains rest at the Parham Chapel of Woody Funeral Home, 1771 N. Parham Road, where the family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday (today). Interment private.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.