Obituary of PAUL CHIPMAN

PAUL CHIPMAN

Peacefully, after a brief illness it is with personal sadness that we announce the death of Paul Chipman on June 29, 2017 at Victoria General Hospital at the age of 95 years.

Paul was born in Winnipeg in 1922 and lived there all his life except for five years of wartime service. He joined the RCAF at age 18 and served as a photographer in Canada and then went to England as an air-bomber with the RAF 101 Squadron. Paul married Mary Sharp while in England and brought her back to Winnipeg where they raised three children, Jennifer, Wendy, and Chris. Mary passed away in 1972 after a wonderful marriage of 27 years. Paul's business career was in photography, first with Ducks Unlimited, then with Phillips Gutkin and Associates. He later formed a partnership with Neil Campbell as Campbell & Chipman Photographers. Paul's hobbies were camping, canoeing, hunting, reading, painting, digital photography, and computers.

Paul married a second time to Marguerite Manveiler who passed away in 1985. Paul was also predeceased by his parents and his sister Barbara Kilvert.  Paul is survived by his third wife of 31 years, Josephine, his daughters, Jennifer Brown and Wendy Bissky and his son Chris Chipman as well as his sons-in-law Rick Brown and David Bissky, and his daughter-in-law Melisa Chipman, his grandsons Jeffrey Brown (Colette) and Andrew Chipman and his granddaughters Allyson Matthews (Jeff) and Angela Chipman.

During the later years of his life, he and Josephine started the formation for the Healing Ministry at St. Ignatius Church which they taught for 13 years.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Ignatius Roman Catholic Church, 255 Stafford Street on Thursday, July 6 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Fr. Joseph Newman, SJ officiating. Private family interment will be at St. Vital Cemetery.

ln lieu of flowers donations to the St. Ignatius Healing Ministry or the Prairie Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre would be appreciated.