Elsie Elizabeth Kipp

Our dear mother, Elsie Elizabeth Kipp (nee Blust), age 93, died peacefully at home in hospice care on June 21, 2022 in Manteno, Illinois. Elsie was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 1, 1929 to her parents, Landolin and Hedwig (nee Pfisterer) Blust, who had immigrated to Chicago from Muenchweier, Baden, Germany in 1926. She had one sister, Florence, who tragically passed away from cancer as a young adult. She married Kenneth A Kipp on September 9, 1950. Elsie and Ken had four children (Beverly, Linda, Ken, and Diane) and were married for 65 years until Ken’s death in 2016. Elsie started her career as a loan officer, became a homemaker after the birth of Beverly, and worked part-time as a bookkeeper for the credit union at Modern Drop Forge. Elsie’s passion was organizing RV and camping trips with friends and family; for many years, she and her husband traveled the country in a caravan of friends from the Woodenshoe Rainmakers club in South Holland, Illinois. Elsie is survived by her children, Beverly and Harry Fanning (Carbondale, Illinois), Linda and Laird Hartley (Manteno, Illinois), Ken and Geralyn Kipp (Bourbonnais, Illinois), and Diane and Dan Robinson (Lake Forest, Illinois). In the years following her husband’s death, she lived with Linda and Laird, who lovingly cared for her. She is also survived by 6 grandchildren: Robin Fanning, Amanda Chernich, Samantha Bunch, Logan Hartley, Nick Gemmato and Bobby Gemmato; as well as 9 great-grandchildren: Skyler Rochowiak, Layne Taylor, Cailyn Bunch, Finley Bunch, Nolan Hartley, Penelope Hartley, Landon Walker, Brayden Walker, and Jackson Gemmato. Visitation will be held at Brown Funeral Home in Manteno from 1:00pm - 4:00pm on Sunday, June 26, 2022, followed by the service starting at 4:00pm. Elsie will be laid to rest with her late husband at Abe Lincoln National Cemetery.