Condolence
Ida H. Chipman
Condolences
February 4, 2020 at 4:59 pm
So sorry for your loss. I always enjoyed your wife and mother during our conversations. Prayers for the family during this time.🙏🏻
LAWRENCE MILLER
Plymouth, In
February 4, 2020 at 10:40 pm
Nelson,

Please accept my sincere condolences. You will be in my thoughts and prayers.
Ed Barcus
Argos, IN
February 5, 2020 at 7:17 am
I remember many fun times with Ida as I was trying to grow up, from playing poker with Ida and her Mom all the way through when Ida was coach of our basketball team. What a great lady, she is missed. Prayers and thoughts with her family.
David Milner
Tuscaloosa, AL
February 5, 2020 at 10:44 am
Our sincere condolences to the entire Chipman family. This spunky lady will be missed.
Mike and Kim Lintner
Manchester , Tennessee
February 5, 2020 at 11:53 am
Ida was always very special to me. She took me under her wing when I first moved here in 2002 and got me involved in writing which she did so well. RIP, dear lady.
Lyn Ward
Plymouth, Indiana
February 5, 2020 at 1:24 pm
I'm so sorry to get that news. Ida, as we all know, was a special person. I remember many times working with her on Doc. Bowen's first campaign for election. Also, when she taught a group of us how to play duplicate bridge in my dining room. I was not aware that she had made her home at Miller's. I will remember her for a long, long time.

Sincerely,
Mary Lee Rudd
February 5, 2020 at 3:12 pm
Chapman family,
I am so sorry to learn of Idas passing. When I worked at the Tribune she would pop in with a storyline. We looked forward to her humor and quick wit as she bounced around the office. Her smile was contagious. She will certainly be missed! Sincere condolences at this sad time...
Donna Taber Whitmer
February 5, 2020 at 6:02 pm
I will remember Ida. She had a clear intellect, naturally friendly, always a smile. My mother also sincerely appreciated her good disposition. What a beautiful woman she was (is). A good bridge partner with her husband. Thanks for knowing her.
Richard Adams
Cromwell, In
February 5, 2020 at 8:29 pm
To The whole Family, Chuck and I are so sorry to hear of the passing of Ida! She was a great Lady and we are so thankful we had the chance to know her. We plan to see the whole Family next Wed., as Chuck had many of them in school. Love and Prayers to Everyone.
Chuck and Marilee Johnson
February 5, 2020 at 8:46 pm

What a wonderful wonderful Lady. May she Rest In Peace.
Neysa Mcfarland
February 5, 2020 at 8:59 pm
My sincere condolences and prayers. Ida was very special and I still have the article she wrote about me while having to stand in the wind and cold weather. God speed Ida
Rosie Regedanz
February 5, 2020 at 9:43 pm
Our thoughts and prayers are with the family. Ida was one of the most sophisticated ladies to ever reside in Plymouth. And what a fabulous family she was a member of. She reflected the love of Jesus in her every move and is in Paradise with Him now. My condolences to the loved ones she leaves behind.
Rick & Marty Derf
Grand Haven, MI
February 5, 2020 at 10:13 pm
Celebrating with you a long life and loving legacy... so so enjoyed every time our lives crossed with sweet Ida... Summer basketball games... Genesis 1:29 Food Cooperative... The Mustard Seed... PHS Athletics... consulting so personally and beautifully on our loved ones’ obituaries (and got to share - you “nailed it “ on her obituary- what a sweet reflection of Ida- she has to be so pleased❤️). Always loved to hear her speak and that she kept her southern drawl all these years.... Much love and many prayers in the tender days ahead...
Mike and Judy Delp
Plymouth, Indiana
February 6, 2020 at 12:17 am
My thoughts and prayers go out to the Chipman family. Ida was a very special lady. My father Ken enjoyed working with her on the Plymouth Summer Basketball league. My you find in comfort and joy in all your memories of her.
Maria Keller
Bourbon , In
February 6, 2020 at 12:38 am
Sincere condolences to the entire Chipman family.
Toni Foote
Toni Foote
North Fort Myers , Florida
February 6, 2020 at 6:03 am
What a wonderful tribute to a wonderful lady. Always enjoyed when I got the chance to talk with her. Sympathy to all the family
Jeannie zehner
Plymouth, In
February 6, 2020 at 6:06 am
So sorry. She lived a great life! 54 years ago she said it was great to have another “southern” girl in Plymouth .

She will be playing bridge and having a great time with her Lord.
Shirley Gidley
Plymouth, IN
February 6, 2020 at 8:10 am
Thoughts and prayers to the Chipman Family. So sorry for your loss. Rest In Peace Ida.
Joyce zueck
wauconda, Il
February 6, 2020 at 3:32 pm
Kelsey,

My sincere condolences to you and your family. Your mom was such a pillar to the Plymouth Community. May she rest in peace.
Lorna Nifong Shively
Plymouth, IN
February 6, 2020 at 3:35 pm
Nelson,
So so sorry for the loss of your mother. She was such a special and kind person and will be sadly missed by many.
Larry and Jan Fisher
Jan Fisher
Plymouth, IN
February 6, 2020 at 4:36 pm
Many years ago I was fortunate to spend an hour with Ida looking down over Marshall County in my hot air balloon as we completed the sunset flight with a splash and dash on Lake Latonka. What a wonderful life she lived as we count our blessings that we got to know her better through her gifted stories over those years. She has earned her permanent wings now, our heartfelt best wishes to family and friends she leaves behind.......
Jeff Jones
Plymouth, In
February 6, 2020 at 6:52 pm
Please accept my sincere sympathy, Ida was truly a lovely lady and will be truly missed.
Norma young
February 6, 2020 at 10:52 pm
Jim and I want to express sincere sympathy to the entire family Ida was a great and fun-loving friend and raised a great family Jim and I appreciate very much that we were part of their lives Always remember the great times we shared-especially when we were all campaigning for Doc Bowen for Govenor Sorry we are not in Plymouth to share in celebrating her wonderful life with her family






jim and Peg Clevenger
Jim and Peg Clevenger
Plymouth, In
February 7, 2020 at 8:58 am
Dear Chipman Family,
Gary and I are so sorry to hear of Ida’s passing. She was loved by so many. The legacy she created will carry her memory on! Please know you are all in our prayers.

Fondly,
Gary and Sherry Watkins
Newark, Delaware
February 7, 2020 at 11:36 am
So many memories. So many hours of fun: basketball games, bridge games, politics. Ida was a special woman. Enjoy your memories of her. You all learned a lot from her and are "Paying it Forward".
Joan Pendergast
Portland, OR
February 7, 2020 at 1:43 pm
Gene,
Please accept my condolences for the loss of your beloved wife Ida. I have great memories of being Ida's partner and also yours at the bridge table. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend Wednesday's services since I will be at the bridge table on that afternoon. I'm sure that Ida would understand.
Dave Barkmeier
Plymouth
February 7, 2020 at 5:15 pm
IM so sorry for your loss. she was a very good lady. my prayers are with the whole family.
rusty rulapaugh
Plymouth, IN
February 8, 2020 at 6:42 am
Dear Maggie and family, and all the Chipman family,
My sincere sympathy from your friends here at St. Jude Parish, SB. The beautiful story of Ida’s life sounds like she was a wonderful woman to know and a very special grandmother, mother, and friend to everyone she met. Our prayers are with the family at this time. I’m sorry I cannot attend visitation but will be out of town next week.
Rev. John H. Delaney
South Bend, IN
February 8, 2020 at 8:07 am
I'm very sorry to read of Ida's passing. She wrote a wonderful tribute to my Dad when he passed away that meant so much. I know that the wonderful memories of her, will bring much comfort and peace during this difficult time. Tears are the price we must pay for loving someone. Keeping the family in my thoughts and prayers.
Ken Shilt
LaPorte, IN
February 8, 2020 at 11:45 am
My deepest, sincere sympathies on the passing of Ida. It was a true pleasure knowing her and I enjoyed the time I spent caring for her as well as your Dad!! I am Blessed to have known her and will always cherish the time I spent with both Ida and Chip!! They both always made me feel like family.

Gina and Steve Henderson
Gina Henderson
Plymouth, Indiana
February 8, 2020 at 12:24 pm
Our condolences and prayers to the entire Chipman Family. What a legacy Ida left not only to her family, but to the Plymouth Community. Among the many wonderful articles she wrote was the one she did for my families "50th Hiss Reunion" in 2011 which she called the "mother of all reunions!!" What a sense of humor she had! Ida has touched many lives and will be remembered for her many acts of kindness. RIP wonderful lady!
Barb & Bub Lowry
Davenport, FL
February 9, 2020 at 10:30 am
Beautiful tribute to a lovely, lovely lady. My condolences go out to the entire family. May all the many memories of laughter and love shared bring you peace.
Susan Danielson
Plymouth, IN
February 9, 2020 at 7:04 pm
I am so sad to hear the sad news. Ida was a very special friend to all the kids of the south side and special mother. She will be long remembered by many.
Dave Dunfee
Plymouth
February 9, 2020 at 9:31 pm
What a beautiful tribute to one classy lady. She will missed by many. She raised such wonderful children and touched many lives. I am so very sorry for your loss. Prayers and love to you all.
Karen Benner
February 10, 2020 at 8:38 am
Ida was a special lady. My condolences her family and friends at this time.
Jan Wagoner
February 10, 2020 at 6:49 pm
Dear Nelson and family,
She was one of a kind and such an asset to her community and family. I know she will be missed, but her memory treasured always. I remember her as an elegant and warm person.
Mark Troyer
February 10, 2020 at 6:59 pm
My pal Ida
When I was doing neighborhood news for her Hometown, Ida Chipman marched into my life.
She was a force of nature. Irrepressible.
She knew everything and everyone in that town. She was as much if a southern belle Republican as I was the son of a steelworkers Democrat. Her husband was a county official and magnificent judge. He seemed as reserved as she was not They had been on the founding team that launched a governor from small-town Indiana. She had run that campaign.
Their marriage, way back in Virginia, had been featured in a national women’s magazine. I know of no other who can say that.
When I spent a summer in Richmond, she was so delighted at me sharing her real roots that she became an internet tour guide and enriched my stay there.
I could not begin to list all of her lifetime achievement.
Here is a quick one.
One sultry summer she relaunched an NCAA approved basketball league for the boys in the area, I was the official scorekeeper. We called Gene the Commissioner. But she was in charge. It was a fun league. All the high schools within driving distance had a team. It was marvelous. It was so smart, so successful that of course no one bothered to continue it. We proved it could be done,
It now has receded into the mists of time and legend, much like the weekly documentation of real people in her Hometown has done.
She could write anything. I could rewrite anything. What a team. We could take an under-reported or badly reported story from the dailies and do it better, with more life.
And we did
She set her sights on a particular group of writers that honored women in communications. We won a hundred awards that year. They had never seen anything like the hurricane that hit them
It is hard to express what it was like in her presence. You felt like a bomb of energy was about to go off. It was better than any drug, which writing is always to me.
If you were anywhere in her hometown, all you had to say was Ida and you were accepted. People would vie for her attention. desperate to tell their life stories to us, to get our treatment. Success was relatively easy. We were never bored.
She floored me that Christmas with so many perfect presents, many of which hang on my den wall. That was one of the best holidays of my life.
We lived relatively close to the local Fireman’s Festival. I offered my driveway to save parking bucks. I had a flag haning off the entrance. One day I noticed it had been rehung.
Ida.
She told me I had hung it incorrectly and they it hung signaled distress. That may have been true, hut she rehung it anyway.
Pure Ida.
When my oldest decided she wanted a military career, Ida and Gene arranged an appointment to the Naval Academy. It turned out Megs has an astigmatism and that disqualifies you.
But they were willing.
When I first got sick, she worried over me. She volunteered to be my driver, a Miss Daisy in reverse roles. As if she wasn’t already busy every waking minute. She crammed two or three lifetimes into her own, always with the pleasant southern drawl and smiling with her eyes. I can still hear that special voice and that is a blessing I carry forward.
After our Hometown news section was closed by bean counters, the start of newspapers giving up, she became an obituist and I learned a new word. When you pay for your obituaries in newspapers, someone had to write them and she did. She clued me in when a former great high school coach died. One of his assistants had become the dominant area coach, I called that guy.
He showed up at the funeral and was mobbed, thanked ever so much. Had I not called, he would have missed it. He thanked me and made me a lifetime friend, Ida’s touch had that kind of reach.
I know this is rambling. But it is kind like seeing an M80 ex-lode and catching it on film as it has its moment.
No one had a kinder heart. No one was more willing to share her knowledge and pride in her community. She left this word really better than she found it. I know she is one of my new angels in heaven. Once she straightens that place out, she’ll help me some more.
She has already come in my dreams to assure me She is watching me write still and offering advice. I feel safer.
Mike
February 10, 2020 at 8:07 pm
I would like to extend my deepest sympathy on the loss of your beloved Ida. Your family is in my prayers.
Arlene Spiewak
Culver, IN
February 12, 2020 at 7:26 am
Kathy and I are sorry for your loss. God bless
Fred and Kathy funk
Fred funk
Grabill, Indiana
February 12, 2020 at 7:55 pm
I was shocked when I received the news... It has been a few years since I have seen either Ida, or Eugene. However, I remember them both well. Everything that was stated in Ida's obituary is 100% true. She was a kind, and welcoming person. Ida, and Eugene never hesitated to say hello to, and speak to me if we crossed paths in public. May Ida Chipman be received with open arms by our Lord, and Savior to dwell in the realm of our Almighty God forever more.

To Ida's surviving family I have this to say. May the Lord bless you, and keep you. May the Lord lift up his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you. May the Lord lift up his continence upon you all, and bring you peace. Amen. Shalom Aleichem.

Sincerely,

Jarid Blackburn
Jarid Blackburn
Plymouth, Indiana
February 13, 2020 at 12:18 pm
Susan, Nelson and Family,

I was so saddened to hear of your mother's passing. She was an amazing woman and you will all be in my thoughts and prayers.

Mary Ann Avery
Mary Ann Avery
Indiana, IN
February 16, 2020 at 5:49 pm
From one of her former Cub Scouts at 1st United Methodist, I'm so very sorry for your loss. My prayers are with your family as you mourn Ida's passing.
Mike Butler
BONITA SPRINGS, Florida

 

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