Stanley Alexander Shipman, a long time resident of Middletown, New York and the surrounding area, died August 17, 2011, at 9pm, peacefully, at home. He was 91¾.
He was born in Ferrisburg, VT, in, 1919, the youngest of 8 children, and was known as a master carpenter, teacher, square dance caller,Herbalife independent representative, and master beekeeper.
The Shipman family ancesters were in Connecticut, USA, then moved to Saskatchewan, Canada via covered wagon. Following five generations in Canada, the Shipman family moved back to the United States, to Ferrisburg, Vermont, where Stanley was born, son of Francis Thornton Shipman and Mary Ellen Smith Shipman, of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan and Ferrisburg, VT and then moved to New York State. Stanley attended school at 745 Stony Ford Road, Montgomery Academy on Clinton Street, and Montgomery High School, at that time on the street that is now 211 East, where he graduated valedictorian. He also attended Orange County Community College in Middletown.
At 89 years, because of his knowledge and expertise on honeybees, he was called back to work to teach people from Florida (state) to Vermont about honey production, beekeeping and hive construction' Mr.Shipman thus shared his beekeeping knowledge in an effort to battle the serious decline in the honey bee population, helping to ensure crop pollination. He also lectured on honeybees using illustrations he drew.
Mr. Shipman was a Master Carpenter employed with locals out of New City (964, 11) and Hawthorne (279), New York. He was known as an expert stair builder, even building stairs for his own home at 90. Mr. Shipman taught carpentry at BOCES and at the apprentice school. His carpentry students represented New York State at the national carpentry competition six years in a row. He had a custom woodworking business at 32 Railroad Avenue in Montgomery and had also worked in an area supermarket in his youth.
Stanley Shipman was a World War II veteran having served in the 32nd Bomber Squadron of the Army Air Force: air combat, air offensive Europe, Naples, Foggia, Normandy, North Appenines, Northern France, Po Valley, Rhineland, Rome, Aruo, Sicily, Southern France, and Tunisia. He was also in Algeria during the war. Among other tasks (scheduled to be a bombadier, he switched to being a medic, saved a man's life by assisting in a tracheotomy, creatively using a fountain pen tube, until the army realized his culinary skills were great for morale....), he cooked for the troops and was still, at the time of his death, famous for and known to make enough great pancakes to feed an army. Mr. Shipman was an advocate for peace throughout his lifetime.
Mr. Shipman was fluent in Standard American English, French, Italian, and learned some Arabic when he was stationed in North Africa. He believed talking to people in their own language helps make friends and those friendships lead to peace. (He suggested starting with their alphabet and learning the sounds associated with the letters.)
In 1945, after being discharged from the Army Air Force, he married Marie (Bunny) De Lucia and they were married for 63 years before her untimely death. They had three children and took care of five foster children.
He began a square-dancing club that met at Valley Central School in Montgomery, New York, was an avid dancer and caller. He also was a ballroom dancer. Stanley was the co-editor, with his wife, Marie, of 'North East Square Dancer Magazine: News and Views of Square and Round Dancing' nine formerly, 'Hudson Valley Dancer'
for eight years.
People in Watertown, Massachusetts may recall that Mr. Shipman, together with with his wife, Marie, made and donated 84 blue bird house kits to the 4-H club at the Watertown Boys' and Girls' Club. Members of that club on Whites Avenue in Watertown, Massachusetts, assembled and placed the birdhouses throughout Watertown. Have you seen more bluebirds there?
Mr. Shipman could often be heard to say, "I'm still here." Somehow, I feel he is (Marie, too.)
He was born in Ferrisburg, VT, in, 1919, the youngest of 8 children, and was known as a master carpenter, teacher, square dance caller,Herbalife independent representative, and master beekeeper.
The Shipman family ancesters were in Connecticut, USA, then moved to Saskatchewan, Canada via covered wagon. Following five generations in Canada, the Shipman family moved back to the United States, to Ferrisburg, Vermont, where Stanley was born, son of Francis Thornton Shipman and Mary Ellen Smith Shipman, of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan and Ferrisburg, VT and then moved to New York State. Stanley attended school at 745 Stony Ford Road, Montgomery Academy on Clinton Street, and Montgomery High School, at that time on the street that is now 211 East, where he graduated valedictorian. He also attended Orange County Community College in Middletown.
At 89 years, because of his knowledge and expertise on honeybees, he was called back to work to teach people from Florida (state) to Vermont about honey production, beekeeping and hive construction' Mr.Shipman thus shared his beekeeping knowledge in an effort to battle the serious decline in the honey bee population, helping to ensure crop pollination. He also lectured on honeybees using illustrations he drew.
Mr. Shipman was a Master Carpenter employed with locals out of New City (964, 11) and Hawthorne (279), New York. He was known as an expert stair builder, even building stairs for his own home at 90. Mr. Shipman taught carpentry at BOCES and at the apprentice school. His carpentry students represented New York State at the national carpentry competition six years in a row. He had a custom woodworking business at 32 Railroad Avenue in Montgomery and had also worked in an area supermarket in his youth.
Stanley Shipman was a World War II veteran having served in the 32nd Bomber Squadron of the Army Air Force: air combat, air offensive Europe, Naples, Foggia, Normandy, North Appenines, Northern France, Po Valley, Rhineland, Rome, Aruo, Sicily, Southern France, and Tunisia. He was also in Algeria during the war. Among other tasks (scheduled to be a bombadier, he switched to being a medic, saved a man's life by assisting in a tracheotomy, creatively using a fountain pen tube, until the army realized his culinary skills were great for morale....), he cooked for the troops and was still, at the time of his death, famous for and known to make enough great pancakes to feed an army. Mr. Shipman was an advocate for peace throughout his lifetime.
Mr. Shipman was fluent in Standard American English, French, Italian, and learned some Arabic when he was stationed in North Africa. He believed talking to people in their own language helps make friends and those friendships lead to peace. (He suggested starting with their alphabet and learning the sounds associated with the letters.)
In 1945, after being discharged from the Army Air Force, he married Marie (Bunny) De Lucia and they were married for 63 years before her untimely death. They had three children and took care of five foster children.
He began a square-dancing club that met at Valley Central School in Montgomery, New York, was an avid dancer and caller. He also was a ballroom dancer. Stanley was the co-editor, with his wife, Marie, of 'North East Square Dancer Magazine: News and Views of Square and Round Dancing' nine formerly, 'Hudson Valley Dancer'
for eight years.
People in Watertown, Massachusetts may recall that Mr. Shipman, together with with his wife, Marie, made and donated 84 blue bird house kits to the 4-H club at the Watertown Boys' and Girls' Club. Members of that club on Whites Avenue in Watertown, Massachusetts, assembled and placed the birdhouses throughout Watertown. Have you seen more bluebirds there?
Mr. Shipman could often be heard to say, "I'm still here." Somehow, I feel he is (Marie, too.)
Stanley Alexander Shipman, a long time resident of Middletown, New York and the surrounding area, died August 17, 2011, at 9pm, peacefully, at home. He was 91¾.
He was born in Ferrisburg, VT, in, 1919, the youngest of 8 children, and was known as a master carpenter, teacher, square dance caller,Herbalife independent representative, and master beekeeper.
The Shipman family ancesters were in Connecticut, USA, then moved to Saskatchewan, Canada via covered wagon. Following five generations in Canada, the Shipman family moved back to the United States, to Ferrisburg, Vermont, where Stanley was born, son of Francis Thornton Shipman and Mary Ellen Smith Shipman, of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan and Ferrisburg, VT and then moved to New York State. Stanley attended school at 745 Stony Ford Road, Montgomery Academy on Clinton Street, and Montgomery High School, at that time on the street that is now 211 East, where he graduated valedictorian. He also attended Orange County Community College in Middletown.
At 89 years, because of his knowledge and expertise on honeybees, he was called back to work to teach people from Florida (state) to Vermont about honey production, beekeeping and hive construction' Mr.Shipman thus shared his beekeeping knowledge in an effort to battle the serious decline in the honey bee population, helping to ensure crop pollination. He also lectured on honeybees using illustrations he drew.
Mr. Shipman was a Master Carpenter employed with locals out of New City (964, 11) and Hawthorne (279), New York. He was known as an expert stair builder, even building stairs for his own home at 90. Mr. Shipman taught carpentry at BOCES and at the apprentice school. His carpentry students represented New York State at the national carpentry competition six years in a row. He had a custom woodworking business at 32 Railroad Avenue in Montgomery and had also worked in an area supermarket in his youth.
Stanley Shipman was a World War II veteran having served in the 32nd Bomber Squadron of the Army Air Force: air combat, air offensive Europe, Naples, Foggia, Normandy, North Appenines, Northern France, Po Valley, Rhineland, Rome, Aruo, Sicily, Southern France, and Tunisia. He was also in Algeria during the war. Among other tasks (scheduled to be a bombadier, he switched to being a medic, saved a man's life by assisting in a tracheotomy, creatively using a fountain pen tube, until the army realized his culinary skills were great for morale....), he cooked for the troops and was still, at the time of his death, famous for and known to make enough great pancakes to feed an army. Mr. Shipman was an advocate for peace throughout his lifetime.
Mr. Shipman was fluent in Standard American English, French, Italian, and learned some Arabic when he was stationed in North Africa. He believed talking to people in their own language helps make friends and those friendships lead to peace. (He suggested starting with their alphabet and learning the sounds associated with the letters.)
In 1945, after being discharged from the Army Air Force, he married Marie (Bunny) De Lucia and they were married for 63 years before her untimely death. They had three children and took care of five foster children.
He began a square-dancing club that met at Valley Central School in Montgomery, New York, was an avid dancer and caller. He also was a ballroom dancer. Stanley was the co-editor, with his wife, Marie, of 'North East Square Dancer Magazine: News and Views of Square and Round Dancing' nine formerly, 'Hudson Valley Dancer'
for eight years.
People in Watertown, Massachusetts may recall that Mr. Shipman, together with with his wife, Marie, made and donated 84 blue bird house kits to the 4-H club at the Watertown Boys' and Girls' Club. Members of that club on Whites Avenue in Watertown, Massachusetts, assembled and placed the birdhouses throughout Watertown. Have you seen more bluebirds there?
Mr. Shipman could often be heard to say, "I'm still here." Somehow, I feel he is (Marie, too.)
He was born in Ferrisburg, VT, in, 1919, the youngest of 8 children, and was known as a master carpenter, teacher, square dance caller,Herbalife independent representative, and master beekeeper.
The Shipman family ancesters were in Connecticut, USA, then moved to Saskatchewan, Canada via covered wagon. Following five generations in Canada, the Shipman family moved back to the United States, to Ferrisburg, Vermont, where Stanley was born, son of Francis Thornton Shipman and Mary Ellen Smith Shipman, of Birch Hills, Saskatchewan and Ferrisburg, VT and then moved to New York State. Stanley attended school at 745 Stony Ford Road, Montgomery Academy on Clinton Street, and Montgomery High School, at that time on the street that is now 211 East, where he graduated valedictorian. He also attended Orange County Community College in Middletown.
At 89 years, because of his knowledge and expertise on honeybees, he was called back to work to teach people from Florida (state) to Vermont about honey production, beekeeping and hive construction' Mr.Shipman thus shared his beekeeping knowledge in an effort to battle the serious decline in the honey bee population, helping to ensure crop pollination. He also lectured on honeybees using illustrations he drew.
Mr. Shipman was a Master Carpenter employed with locals out of New City (964, 11) and Hawthorne (279), New York. He was known as an expert stair builder, even building stairs for his own home at 90. Mr. Shipman taught carpentry at BOCES and at the apprentice school. His carpentry students represented New York State at the national carpentry competition six years in a row. He had a custom woodworking business at 32 Railroad Avenue in Montgomery and had also worked in an area supermarket in his youth.
Stanley Shipman was a World War II veteran having served in the 32nd Bomber Squadron of the Army Air Force: air combat, air offensive Europe, Naples, Foggia, Normandy, North Appenines, Northern France, Po Valley, Rhineland, Rome, Aruo, Sicily, Southern France, and Tunisia. He was also in Algeria during the war. Among other tasks (scheduled to be a bombadier, he switched to being a medic, saved a man's life by assisting in a tracheotomy, creatively using a fountain pen tube, until the army realized his culinary skills were great for morale....), he cooked for the troops and was still, at the time of his death, famous for and known to make enough great pancakes to feed an army. Mr. Shipman was an advocate for peace throughout his lifetime.
Mr. Shipman was fluent in Standard American English, French, Italian, and learned some Arabic when he was stationed in North Africa. He believed talking to people in their own language helps make friends and those friendships lead to peace. (He suggested starting with their alphabet and learning the sounds associated with the letters.)
In 1945, after being discharged from the Army Air Force, he married Marie (Bunny) De Lucia and they were married for 63 years before her untimely death. They had three children and took care of five foster children.
He began a square-dancing club that met at Valley Central School in Montgomery, New York, was an avid dancer and caller. He also was a ballroom dancer. Stanley was the co-editor, with his wife, Marie, of 'North East Square Dancer Magazine: News and Views of Square and Round Dancing' nine formerly, 'Hudson Valley Dancer'
for eight years.
People in Watertown, Massachusetts may recall that Mr. Shipman, together with with his wife, Marie, made and donated 84 blue bird house kits to the 4-H club at the Watertown Boys' and Girls' Club. Members of that club on Whites Avenue in Watertown, Massachusetts, assembled and placed the birdhouses throughout Watertown. Have you seen more bluebirds there?
Mr. Shipman could often be heard to say, "I'm still here." Somehow, I feel he is (Marie, too.)
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