JUDITH SHIPP Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, August 31, 2006, at the Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at the funeral home. Judith A. Shipp, 64, of Wapello, died Sunday, August 26, 2006, at the Wapello Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, after a courageous battle with cancer. Dr. Robert L. Pickerell of the First Christian Church will officiate the service. Honorary bearers will be Ursula and Bill Penix, Jerry and Judy Shipp Sr., Charles Luttrull, Matthew Shipp, and Greg Shipp. Casket Bearers will be Jerry Shipp Jr., Jason Shipp, Mike Shipp, Rick Hazelwood, Luke Hank and Russell Shipp. Burial will be in Island Cemetery, Fruitland. Memorials may be made to the Wapello Ambulance. Judith was born on February 9, 1942, in Metz, Missouri, the daughter of John and Bertha Strifler Birch. She married James F. Shipp on July 15, 1960, in Miami, Oklahoma. She worked as a caregiver at the Muscatine County Home and also was a caregiver for Wallace and Ida Mae Nyweide for 18 years. She was a member of the First Christian Church and the family Y. Judith enjoyed sewing, fishing, baking, flowers, horses, and NASCA races. Survivors include her husband, James F. Shipp Sr. of Wapello; two sons, James F. Shipp Jr. and wife, Tammy, of Wilton, and John A. Shipp and wife, Tammy, of Letts; seven grandchildren, Erin and Greg Shipp, Matthew and Marlee Shipp, Stacy Hank, Luke Hank, and Katie Hoekstra; one special aunt, Irene Haines of Nevada, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews, cousins and loved ones. She was preceded in death by her parents.