Ann B. Knipe

Ann B. Knipe departed this life on Wednesday, March 27, 2013. She was born in Lansdowne, PA where she resided for 23 years. She moved to Easton, PA where she resided for 38 years with her husband and family before retiring to Tybee Island, GA with her husband in 1987. Ann graduated from Lansdowne High School and graduated from Briarcliffe College in New York. Growing up she spent her summers at the Jersey Shoreand later had a summer home with her family in Avalon, NJ. She married James N. Knipe from Woodbury, NJ in 1948. They had three children. She was active in scouting, YMCA, Little League and swim team clubs and Hospital Auxiliary. She was a lover of music and dancing. She was a devoted full time mother and homemaker for her three children and beloved pets. She loved being at the beach and camping with her family. She was preceded in death by her husband James N. Knipe, father, Charles M. Boswell, mother, Nina Ann Boswell and brother, Richard Boswell. Survivors: She is survived by her children, Cheryl Brinson and her husband Lavon, of Rincon, GA, Charles A. Knipe and his fiancee Justine, of Mountainhome, PA, James W. Knipe and his wife Sandra, of Bethlehem, PA; four grandchildren, Christina Brinson and Cody Brinson, of Rincon, GA, Falon and Drew Knipe, of Mountainhome, PA; two great grandchildren, Chloe and Cash Crone; step grandchildren, Joseph Brinson, Amy Luizza and their families; a niece, three nephews and sister-in-law, Bette Knipe, of Blackwood, NJ. Services: A Memorial Service to honor her life will be held at 7 p.m., Friday, March 29, 2013, at Fox and Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Hospice Savannah, Inc., P.O. Box 13190, Savannah, GA 31416 or The American Cancer Society, 6600 Abercorn St., Suite 206, Savannah, GA 31405. Please sign our online guestbook at www.foxandweeks.com Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Island Chapel, 4605 Highway 80 East, Savannah, GA 31410912-898-0900.