Michael S. Sipler

Michael S. Sipler LANGHORNE, PA - Michael S. Sipler passed away suddenly on Sept. 2, 2012, at St. Mary Medical Center. Mike was born on July 16, 1958, and resided in the Newtown and Langhorne area his entire life. He leaves a daughter, Kaitlin, her mother, Nancy nee (Irvine), and his brand new baby granddaughter, Adrianna, who was born on Aug. 23, 2012. Mike was a 1977 graduate of Council Rock High School, where he was a three-year member of the wrestling team, becoming a PIAA State Individual Champion in his senior year. In subsequent years he was inducted into both the Council Rock Athletic Hall of Fame and in 1995 was selected to the PIAA District One Wrestling Hall of Fame. Upon graduation from Council Rock, Mike became a member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 269, Trenton, NJ, and successfully completed a five-year electrical apprenticeship. Upon completion he became a journeyman wireman in 1986 and over the next 26 years, Mike worked on many industrial and commercial projects throughout the Mercer/Bucks area. Over the past year Mike was employed as the electrical project manager for Task Force, a PSE&G contractor working on a high voltage switch yard in Cinnaminson, NJ. That project involves significant upgrades in the overall distribution system. In addition to his daughter and granddaughter, Mike is survived by his parents, Blaine and and Ruth Swartz Sipler of Newtown; his brother, Jeffrey, and his wife, Lisa, of Holland, his sister, Donna Jean Tanner, and her husband, Donald, of Ivyland. He is also survived by his niece, Kasey; nephew, Nathan, and girlfriend, Donna Marie Ronzano, of Warrington. Relatives and friends are invited to attend his viewings, Thursday, Sept. 6, from 7-9 p.m. and on Friday, Sept. 7, from 9 a.m. until words of remembrances at 10 a.m. from the Joseph A. Fluehr III Funeral Home, 800 Newtown Richboro Rd. (at Holland Rd.) Richboro, PA 18954. Interment will follow at Newtown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions in Michael's memory may be made to Athletes Helping Athletes Inc. P.O. Box 172 Richboro, PA 18954. www.fluehr.com