Lillian Dorothy Zipperling

10/26/2005

Lillian Dorothy Zipperling, 85, of 504 Loop Road, former longtime resident of 10 Powers St., Adams, died Wednesday morning at North Adams Regional Hospital shortly after being admitted. Born in Holyoke on Feb. 12, 1920, daughter of Max and Emma Meichner Keller, she was a 1938 graduate of the former Adams High School. At the age of 6, following the death of her father, she resided with an aunt and uncle, Joseph and Ella Meichner Neuman. She also attended evening classes at the former Bliss Business School in North Adams. Mrs. Zipperling joined the North Adams Transcript in May 1978 and worked until February 2000. From 1978 until 1988, she wrote the weekly "Zip's Tips" column for the Transcript. Previously, she was employed in the former Adams office of the Transcript from 1968 until 1976. She then worked full time as a bookkeeper at ALADCO in Adams, and then at the former K-K Home Mart in North Adams. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Adams. She was Past Matron, 1968-69 and 1970-71, of Franklin Chapter 92 Order of the Eastern Star; a deputy Grand Matron of the Grand Chapter of Massachusetts OES, 1991-92, and its Mariners and Royal Mariners organizations. She was a former member of the advisory board of the North Adams Assembly of Rainbow for Girls and the recipient of its Grand Cross of Color. She was a member of the Shriner Hillbilly Gals Unit Auxiliary and the Widows of the Melha Shriners, Springfield. She was also a member of North Adams Garden Club, Plainfield Grange 232; member and past Noble Grand of the Golden Link Rebekah Lodge 135; past deputy grand matron to lodges in Shelburne Falls and Charlemont; past president of the former Philip B. Sayles Women's Relief Corps, and past president of the former W. B. Plunkett Memorial Hospital Auxillary. Both she and her late husband were active members of the 453rd Bombardment Squadron Club, attending many of its annual meetings throughout the country. She was most recently a member of the Savoy Seniors and enjoyed their many outings. Her husband, William Paul Robert Zipperling, whom she married in 1941, died May 8, 1988. She leaves three daughters, Ann Elizabeth Hawkes of Conway, Jay Ellen LeBeau of Florida, Mass., and Lee Ann Zipperling of Savoy, with whom she resided, and two granddaughters. FUNERAL NOTICE -- The funeral for Lillian Zipperling will be Saturday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 from the AUGE-PACIOREK-SIMMONS FUNERAL HOME, 13 Hoosac St., followed by services at 1:30 in the First Congregational Church of Adams. The Rev. Michael Mullany, pastor, will officiate. Burial will follow in Bellevue Cemetery. Calling hours will be today, Friday, from 4 to 7 at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the Savoy Senior Center or to the Shriners Hospital for Children through the funeral home. To leave a message of condolence, or for directions, please go online to www.apsfuneralhome.com. She leaves her son-in-law, Ronald Hawkes; and two granddaughters, Joy Irene Holhut and her husband, Ronald, of Conway, and Kim Marie Hawkes of Easthampton. She was predeceased by a brother, Arthur H. Keller, and a sister, Louise A. Gross.

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