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Joann, I am so sorry to hear of your moms passing. I was happy to have known her for so many years,and had I known I would have paid my respects.
Karen Jouett/Schipkowski
January 11, 2015 | Edwardsville, IL


Hamel, Illinois
Emma L. Kipp, age 82 of Edwardsville, IL, died Thursday, January 01, 2015, at Hitz Memorial Home in Alhambra, IL. She was born on Saturday, March 19, 1932, in Edwardsville, IL, the daughter of Maxwell and Minna (nee Glaser) Bratten. On Sunday, October 07, 1951, she married Virgil W. Kipp. She...
Read MoreJoann, I am so sorry to hear of your moms passing. I was happy to have known her for so many years,and had I known I would have paid my respects.
Karen Jouett/Schipkowski
January 11, 2015 | Edwardsville, IL
Our sincere Sympathy on the Loss of Emma.
I worked Elections with her a couple of years, but also enjoyed visiting when shopping at Market Basket. Merle & Sarah Wisnasky Yates
January 07, 2015
To Emma's family - knew you all for so many years, including your Dad - we are so sorry for your loss - enjoyed Emma's cheerful inquiry as to how we all were, most recently at the Market Basket! Please know we are thinking of you and send our condolences.
The Fedor Family
January 07, 2015
To the Kipp and Bratten families. I was deeply saddened to read of Emmas passing. She was such an inspiration. A dedicated worker and genuinely sweet lady. After our mother Bernice Boda was attacked, she never failed in so many years to inquire of her well being. Now reading her obituary, I find that she was a Bratten. Bob and Bud and their wives were great friends of my folks. I have memories of the many fun times they all had going to dances. It truly is a small world and it was such...
Barbara Boda Garwood
January 06, 2015 | Edwardsville
I lived next door to Emma on Lindenwood Ave. for five years. She was a wonderful neighbor. She loved her family and was so proud of her grandkids. She will be greatly missed. So sorry for your loss.
Beth Williams
January 05, 2015 | St. Louis
Joann and Jimmy - I am shocked to hear of Emma's passing - she was a wonderful lady and I always enjoyed seeing her at church or Market Basket and when you were all young kids. I hope your faith and friends provide the comfort needed in this sad time. My mom, Betty Pfeiffer, will be saddened by her passing too. My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Sandy Thomas
January 05, 2015 | Edwardsville, IL
Emma[s family;sorry to hear of your loss, will miss seeing her in market basket.Our prayers and thoughts are with you. Frank Chandler family
January 05, 2015
Joann and family, so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mom. She was always so cheerful. May you have blessed memories in the days to come
Cay Ursprung
January 03, 2015 | Edwardsville, IL
Beloved Godmother missing you
Janice/Frank Harbison
January 03, 2015