(October 19, 1913—November 2, 2009)

Mrs. Brigadier Jessie Kirk S. Sipley was promoted to Glory from Wall, N.J.

Jessie Schroeder was one of two girls born into the Salvationist family of Henry and Jessie Schroeder of Schenectady, N.Y. She was carried to the Army when she was 3 weeks old and “she never left.”

During Salvationist youth meetings, she met and fell in love with Clifton Sipley. Two weeks before their wedding, while attending Youth Councils, they each heard the call to officership. Two weeks later, on April 24, 1937, they were married in uniform at the Schenectady Corps.

The Sipleys entered the New York Training College from the Schenectady Corps in 1939 as members of the Hold Fast session. They were commissioned in 1940 and served as corps officers and evangelists in New York and Massachusetts. They served as territorial evangelists from 1971 to 1981.

The couple retired from active service in 1981 and settled in Asbury Park, N.J., where they became very active soldiers at the Asbury Park Corps. In post retirement, they served another 15 years as evangelists.

Survivors include her husband, who was awarded the prestigious Order of the Founder (O.F.); a son and daughter–in–law, Kenneth and Mary Sipley of Hernando, Miss.; two grandchildren, Kristin and David of Hernando, Miss.; a sister, Helen Van Hoesen of Peoria, Ill.; and a sister–in–law, Lt. Colonel Shirley Sipley of Whiting, N.J. Messages to the family may be sent to Brigadier Clifton Sipley, O.F., Waterford Glen, 2021 Highway 35, Wall, NJ 07719. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to any Salvation Army program.