Volume 6 , Issue 23

HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY - 4 June 2004 - Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott...

"My husbands Grandmother, Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott will be 100 years of age, Friday, June 4, 2004. She was born in Freedom, Oklahoma to Renfrew I. DeGeer and Josie James. We are sifting through over 100 years of photos and memorablia. Thelma graduated from High School in 1922 attended college. She became a teacher in 1923 at the age of 19. 1923-24 Nowata, 1924-28 Gage, 1928-29 Alva/Freedom and 1929-30 Oilton. She then married Roger S. Lippincott of Gage, OK. She lived in Benicia, California then Vallejo until 2001. She has one daughter, Linda Lippincott Kent, of Oakley, California, 2 grandsons, 10 great-grandchildren, and 1 great-great-grandaughter who shares the same middle name. We will be celebrating her 100th Birthday in Napa, California, where she resides today. Please refer to www.napanews.com , page C4 of the May 30, 2004 for more information about her family. All of her sisters and her brother are deceased. I am 44 and married to John Kent. John (48) is Thelma's oldest grandson.

I've attach a current picture of Grandma (Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott). The picture was taken on 4/11/04 at our home. I have scanned almost 100 photos/documents of Thelma Evelyn DeGeer Lippincott. We are having an Open House for her 100th birthday next Sunday. I'm scanning pictures and documents and making an album, video and CD with them. The Napa Valley Register in Napa, CA www.napanews.com, printed an article today (May 30, 2004). The following information has been sent to the Vallejo Times Herald of Vallejo, CA. They will most likely cover this story! I thought you'd be interested. Hopefully, the Freedom, OK newspaper will cover it too and mail me a copy.

Please print the following ASAP... Friends and family are invited to an Open House in honor of Thelma Lippincott's 100th Birthday on Sunday, June 6th from 1:00-3:00 p.m. at her grandson and grand-daughter-in-laws home in Napa. Please call 258-1075 and let John or Terry Kent know if you can join them at their home for refreshments at 1075 Alpine Court in Napa, CA, 94558. No gifts please. Cards always welcome. Thelma currently resides at Napa Nursing Center on Villa Lane in Napa, California.

Thelma's 100th Birthday is on Friday, June 4th, 2004. She was born in Freedom, OK in 1904 to Renfrew I. and Josie James DeGeer. She graduated from Alva High School in 1922. She was initiated into Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Pi Chapter III in Alva, Oklahoma on October 2, 1922. She graduated from Northwestern State Teachers College in Alva, Oklahoma on July 26, 1929. She taught 1st grade. Thelma married Roger S. Lippincott in Alva, OK on Aug. 17, 1930. They later moved to 31 Simple Way in Benicia, CA and then 210 Idora Ave. in Vallejo, CA In 1948, she and her late husband, Roger Lippincott, founded Lippincott Supply Co. in Vallejo, CA. Back then it was a retail hardware store that specialized in fasteners (nuts, bolts & screws) and their daughter, Linda Lippincott Kent, ran the gift shop. Today, Thelma's grandson, John Kent, owns and manages the business at 105 Lincoln Road West in Vallejo, CA with the support of his son, David John Kent, and many longtime employees. They have continued on with the Lippincott Supply Co. name now incorporated. However, they are no longer a retail hardware store. They are a wholesale fastener warehouse now.

She is or has been a member of the Shibui Flower Arrangers Guild of Vallejo, Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority Pi Chapter III of Alva Oklahoma, several bridge clubs in Vallejo and Napa, Community Congregational Church of Benicia, and more. Although her parents, as well as sisters, Audrey, Freda, Opal, Ivy, Eva and her only brother Roy, are deceased she still has family surrounding her: Thelma's daughter is: Linda Lippincott Kent of Oakley, CA (69) Thelma's Grandsons and Grand-daughter-in-laws are: John & Terry Kent of Napa Danny & Danelle Kent of Oakley, CA (Daniels ex-wife is Terri Fahey of Napa) Thelma's Great-Grandchildren are: Tammy D. Kent-Horvath of Napa (24) David J. Kent of Vallejo (22) Brittany Evelyn Kent (deceased) Lindsay S. Kent of Napa (9) Kate-lynn B. Kent of Napa (6) Brittany Evelyn Kent (deceased) Kelly C. Kent of Napa (23) Brad A. Kent of Napa (20) Emily Fahey of Napa (11) Vince Kent of Vallejo (20) Sabrina A. Kent of Oakley, CA (7) Her Great-Great-Grandaughter: Kelsey Evelyn Horvath of Napa (1).

In one of the pictures there is a picture of her as a baby in 1906 at the first printing of the Freedom Express newspaper, that her parents began.

We are trying to hire more help at our business so that we can visit Oklahoma this summer and show our 2 youngest children where their grandparents were born, and raised. We're very curious about the old Hardware store in Gage, Oklahoma. Grandpa Roger S. Lippincott was a Mason and the town Mayor in the 1920's or 30's in Gage. We would like to visit Freedom, Alva, Gage, and such. The last time we visited the area was in 1988. Also, do you know if there is a Post Office by the name or in a town called Farry? Grandma (Thelma E. DeGeer Lippincott) said that her mother, Josie James Lippincott founded and named it. I also have pictures and history on the late Roger S. Lippincott and Lippincott Supply Co., Inc.

We reside in Napa, California. I love this website and hope that this information proves helpful to others. Thanks." -- Terry Kent - Email: terrykent@sbcglobal.net   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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