KIPP, William Lionel “Bill” Sr.

Peacefully, at Fox Ridge Care Community, Brantford, on Wednesday June 14, 2023, a longtime resident of Paris, in his 100th year.

Bill along with Betty co-founded Wm. Kipp Funeral Home in 1963 and was a Veteran with the RCAF serving in WWII, and a long serving member of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 Paris.

Beloved husband to the late Betty (nee Sutherland 1995); loved dad to the late Doug (Shirley), the late Barbara Stevenson (Arnold), Denis, Bill Jr. (Christine), Alison “Suzanne” Telford (Jim) and Ruth Kipp (Don Hillman); cherished grandpa to Ryan Kipp, Shawn Kipp, Gordon Stevenson, Beth Stevenson, Shannon Reid, Barbara Penner, Sherri Rollins, Brian Kipp, Michael Kipp, Kim Scherer, James Telford, Lucy Telford, and Julia Telford; and many great-grandchildren and a great-great- granddaughter. He will be missed by his dear friend Kay Beaudette. Also survived by nieces and nephews. Predeceased by brothers Arthur, Charles, and Donald and sister Audrey Williamson.

Friends may call at the Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, 184 Grand River St. N. Paris on Monday June 19, 2023, from 2-4 and 7-9p.m. A Legion Service under the auspice of The Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 will be held in the funeral home on Monday at 6:30 p.m.

Funeral Services will be held in the funeral home chapel on Tuesday at 11:00 a.m. Interment Paris Cemetery.

Donations to Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 or Brain Tumor Foundation of Canada.