NINER, Mrs. Rosella Sipple
Rosella (Sipple) Niner, 87, of Salisbury, PA, departed this life on Friday, July 11, 2003 at the Meyersdale Manor, Meyersdale, PA. She was born in Elk Lick Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, on February 5, 1916, daughter of the late Lloyd Calvin Sipple and Lydia Susan (Housel) Sipple. She was also preceded in death by husband, Alvin Dalton Niner, Sr., on October 4, 1968, three sisters, Almeda Cecil, Miriam Hart, Blanche Sipple and a brother, Clay Sipple. She graduated from Salisbury High School in 1932, attended Indiana State Teachers' College, and received her Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Education and Guidance from Frostburg State University. She taught for 23 years in the elementary and secondary schools of the Salisbury-Elk Lick School District. Upon retirement she traveled extensively to all fifty states, Canada, Europe, Mid-East, Hawaii and the Orient. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Salisbury, where she served as Sunday School teacher and superintendent, choir member, deacon, elder, and president of the Consistory. She is survived by two sons, Edgar Niner and wife, Elizabeth, Ormond Beach,FL, Alvin Niner, Jr., and wife, Leona, Grantsville, MD; three grandchildren, David Paul Niner and wife, Celeste, Gainesville, FL, Kelsey (Niner) and husband, Brett Blackadar, Lake Mary, FL, and Roxanne Niner,Grantsville; three great-grandchildren, Brittany Peters and Alyssa Rose Niner, Gainesville, FL, Megan Elizabeth Blackadar, Lake Mary, FL; two brothers, Paul Sipple, Doylestown, PA, and Nyle Sipple and wife, Lena, Grantsville, MD; two sisters-in-law, Garna (Niner) Walker, Meyersdale, PA, and Helen (Niner) Galley,Fort Hill, PA; also several nieces and nephews. At Rosella's request her body was cremated. There will be no viewing, visitation, or service. Private inurnment will take place at the convenience of the family at the Salisbury Cemetery beside the grave of her husband. Newman Funeral Home, Inc., 9168 Mason-Dixon Highway, Salisbury, is in charge of the arrangements.
Friday, July 11, 2003; Newman Funeral Home, Grantsville, MD
Courtesy of Sheryl Kelso
Posted 2014-02-08