Raymond Shipco has passed away.

Raymond, 95, was born May 19, 1923 and was married to the late Martha Jean Kaznoski Shipco, a 1945 Barrackville High grad who passed away in 2011 at the age of 83.

Raymond served his country during World War II. He started at Monongah High with the Class of 1943.

Raymond was an auto mechanic in Fairmont, then opened his own garage in Monongah, near Pepsi Meffe’s service station and the Union Hall on U.S. 19 near the Stoney Lonesome exit.

Raymond and Martha Jean’s children are Terry Michael Shipco and his wife Ruth of Hawaii, Frank Joseph Shipco and wife Karen of Monongah; Carol Jean Shipco Miller, Class of 1976, and husband David of Eureka, California; and Linda Shipco Koval, Class of 1968, who was a teacher married to Larry Koval and passed away at the age of 49 in Hawaii.

Martha Jean’s sister is Helen "Boots" DeBalski.

Raymond’s father was John Shipco.

 

John’s mother, Ursula Shipco, had six lots which wound up mostly with her children John, Joe, George, Walter, Blanche and Carroline Kasper -- whose daughter, Evelyn Kasper Boggess, Class of 1953, still lives in the Willow Road home of her childhood with husband Okey Boggess.

 

Evelyn’s brother, Bob Kasper, Class of 1955, lives in South Lyon, Michigan and has a summer home on Grand Lake in Presque Isle, Michigan.

 

Blanche married Joe Sokolosky. Their children were Raymond “Showboat” Sokolosky, who passed away in 2011 and was married to Sharon Garrett Sokolsky.

 

Dorothy Vincent Shipco is Class of 1946.

 

Helen Shipco Harville is Class of 1943.