William Henry Sipe

Born in Harrisonburg, Va. on April 29, 1927, Dr. Sipe was the son of the late William Edgar and Edith Minerva Rothgeb Sipe. He resided in Newport News, Va. for 31 years and in Albemarle County for the past 19 years.

Dr. Sipe graduated from the University of Virginia in 1948, and received his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1951. Following graduation from medical school, his specialty training in urology was at St. Luke’s Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, Tulane University Charity Hospital, New Orleans, Louisiana, and the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia. His specialty training was interrupted for two years while he served as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Dr. Sipe practiced urology for three years in Roanoke, Virginia, and thirty-one years in Newport News, Virginia, where he retired as President of the Hampton Roads Urology Clinic, Inc. In 1991, he moved to Albemarle County, where he became an Associate Professor of Clinical Urology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine for thirteen years. His contact with the students, residents and fellows was a rewarding and enjoyable experience for which he was grateful. In 2004, Dr. Sipe retired after forty-seven years in the field of urology.

Dr. Sipe was associated with and a board member of multiple medical, urological and community societies, serving as an officer in many. He has loved the University of Virginia, where he was a Kappa Alpha, Phi Beta Pi, Lambda Pi, Varsity Football (’45, ’46), “V” Club, and a member of the Raven Society. He served on the Alumni Association Board of Managers (’72 – ’78), and on the Athletic Council (’78 – ’80). In 2010, he was inducted into the Harrisonburg High School Sports Hall of Fame. He always found joy in reading, following sports, and the company of his children and grandchildren, as well as tennis and croquet.

He was predeceased by his wife of fifty-five years, Mary Ann Yancey, his daughter, Elisabeth Susan Sipe, and his brother, James Rothgeb Sipe.

Dr. Sipe is survived by three children, William Henry Sipe, III and his wife Stephanie Hudgins, of Rock Hill, S.C., Mary Hedley Sipe of Richmond, Va., and Charles Yancey Sipe and his wife Cameron Carter Clark, of Charlottesville, Va.; seven grandchildren,

William Henry Sipe, IV, Charles Yancey Sipe, Jr., Edie Garland Bethke, William Harrison Burton, Landon Clark Sipe, Ann Carter Sipe, and Chloe Elisabeth Sipe.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, December 3, 2010, at St. Paul’s Ivy Episcopal Church, Charlottesville, Va., officiated by the Rev. Jane Sigloh. A reception will follow at The Boar’s Head Inn, Charlottesville, Va. Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to University of Virginia Miller Center of Public Affairs, P.O. Box 400406, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4406, or to a charity of choice.