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     Ilene Christina Pearson was born on April 19, 1929 at Stanley, Wisconsin.^1,2 As of November 12, 1949,her married name was Stump.² She married Harvey Samuel Stump, son of Alfred Eldridge Stump and Anna Vatey "Annie" Wimmer, on November 12, 1949 at Wilmington, New Castle Co., Delaware.^1,2 Ilene Christina Pearson died on April 23, 2021 at Michigan City, Laporte Co., Indiana, at age 92.¹

     Elaine K. Sipe Elaine K. (Sipe) Slick, died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at York Hospital. Born March 3, 1961 in York, she was a daughter of Janet L. (Wimmer) Sipe and the late Kerwin E. Sipe, Jr. She was a 1979 graduate of West York High School and a member of Heidelberg United Church of Christ in York. She was employed with McDonalds for the past 30 years and currently worked at their Red Lion location as a manager. Elaine is survived by two sons, Garry E. Slick Jr., and Adam F. Slick, both of Red Lion; one sister, Karen M. Howe and her husband, Dan of Dover, nieces and nephews and all “her other kids” that called her mom.² Her married name was Slick.¹ She married Gary E. Slick Sr.^1,2 Elaine K. Sipe was born on March 3, 1961 at York, York Co., Pennsylvania.² She died on August 16, 2012 at York, York Co., Pennsylvania, at age 51.²

     Infant Griggs was buried at Evergreen Burial Park, 1307 Summit Ave SW, Roanoke, Virginia.¹ He was born on June 14, 1984 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ He died on June 15, 1984 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹

     Russell Edward Stiff Jr. Russell Edward "Buzzy" Stiff, Jr., 63, of Fincastle, went home to be with the Lord Thursday, September 15, 2016. He was preceded by his parents, Ruby Stiff Lawson and Russell Edward Stiff, Sr., and his step father, Ralph Eugene Lawson. Buzzy was a veteran serving in the US Navy from 1970 to 1974 and the Army National Guard from 1982-1986 receiving an honorable discharge from both. He retired from the Roanoke City Police Department, had worked for DYNCORP, the US State Department and United Nations, and had served two stints in the Vukovar Region of the former Yugoslavia, and also in the Timor Region. In addition he retired from the Department of Corrections, Probation and Parole. Buzzy was an avid outdoorsman as well as tremendous Virginia Tech Hokie fan. Surviving are his wife, Lisa Stiff; sister, Sharon (Ramiro) Guacheta; brother, Richard (Lynn) Lawson; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Goldie and William Thomas; stepson, Ashton Sullivan; brothers-in-law, Rodney Peters, Steve (Virgie) Peters, and William Napier; nephews, Cory Lawson and Nick Guacheta; niece, Katryn Lawson and his special four legged companion, Oliver.³ He married Tonya Bea Conner, daughter of Garmon Whitfield Conner and Christine Wimmer.¹ Russell Edward Stiff Jr. was born on September 5, 1953 at Roanoke, Virginia.² He and Tonya Bea Conner were divorced on January 15, 1998 at Roanoke, Virginia.¹ Russell Edward Stiff Jr. died on September 15, 2016 at Virginia at age 63.³