October 7, 1908 - October 16, 2004
 

Martha L. Lippold, age 96 formerly of Park Manor and Brown Ave. in Butler, Pennsylvania, currently a resident of Concordia Lutheran Ministries passed away Saturday, October 16, 2004 at 3:30 A.M. at Concordia Lutheran Home.

 Born in Tauregas, Germany on October 7,1908. She was the daughter of the late Albert Merkner and Matilda Kroledeis Merkner.

 Mrs. Lippold was a graduate of Butler High School. She retired as a seamstress from Montgomery Ward. She was a member of St. Marks Evangelical Lutheran Church, where she was a Sunday school teacher for sixty-two years. She was active in the women's organizations of the church and was a former member of the Butler County Child Evangelism Organization; she held classes in her home.

 Mrs. Lippold was married to Howard L. Lippold on June 17,1929, he preceded her in death on January 23, 1978.

 She is survived by four sons; Howard (Ted) Lippold and his wife Dorothy of Grove City, Pennsylvania, William Lippold and his wife Mary of St Augustine, Florida, Larry Lippold and his wife Joanne of Butler, Pennsylvania, one daughter, Brenda K. Lippold of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, twelve grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren, one daughter in-law Shirley Lippold of Youngstown, Ohio.  In addition to her husband she was preceded in death by one son: Donald E. Lippold in 2003, four brothers and four sisters.

 Friends and family of Martha L. Lippold will be received at the Thompson-Miller Funeral Home, 124 East North Street, Butler, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday, October 19, 2004 from 4:00 to 8:00 P.M. and at St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church on Wednesday October 20,2004 from 12:00 to 1:00 P.M. Funeral services will follow from St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1:00 P.M. with the Reverend Richard Leseganich of St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church officiating.  Interment will follow in South Cemetery Butler, Pennsylvania.

 The family of Martha Lippold suggests donations to St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church 201 West Jefferson St. Butler, PA 16001 or to Concordia Lutheran Ministries 615 North Pike Road Cabot, Pennsylvania 16023. 

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