TIPPY, MARGARET LUCILLE, age 99 of Fairborn, passed away on Sunday December 24, 2023 at the Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek. She was born on October 27, 1924 in Enon, Ohio to Charles E and Goldie (Edmison) Grody. She married Willard J Tippy, who died in 1997 after 52 years of marriage.
Margaret was a 1942 graduate of Bath Township High School and a former member of Fairborn United Methodist Church. She belonged to the Order of the Eastern Star, Royal Arch Widows, Fairborn Senior Citizens and The Shooting Stars Square Dance Club. She was a fierce bowler who loved to crochet and sew. In fact, she made many of the clothes that her daughters and grandchildren wore. She also loved cooking and spending time with her family.
She is survived by her daughters, Elaine (Stephen) Heis of Beavercreek and Jeanette Tippy (Robert Carlton Faux) of Fairborn. She has 3 grandchildren, Robert Charles Faux of Fairborn, Crystal Heis (Ken Trainor) of Lexington, KY, and Robin Faux (Jim Swaagman) of Cloudcroft N.M. Margaret also has one great grandson, Robert Christopher Faux of Fairborn. She is survived by one brother, Carl Grody of Middletown and one sister, Josephine White, of Fairborn as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Margaret is preceded in death by her husband Willard, her parents and 7 siblings, Cletes, Clarence, Alfred, Cecil, Melvina Proctor, Gladys Sanders and Violet Dixon.
The Family will receive friends on Wednesday January 3, 2024 from 10am to 11am at the Burcham Tobias Funeral Home, 119 E. Main St., Fairborn, Ohio. A funeral service will be at 11am. Burial will follow at the Fairfield Cemetery in Fairborn.
Condolences can be sent to the family at www.burchamtobiasfuneralhome.com.
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