PAULDING:
Janice Lynn Lipp, age 67, succumbed to injuries sustained in a May automobile accident on Friday, July 11, 2014.
She was born January 29, 1947 in Toledo, the daughter of Karl and Garland (Ritz) Werling. She graduated in 1965 from Paulding High School, and graduated in 1969 from Defiance College. On December 27, 1969 she married her best friend, Gary Lipp, who survives. She was a member of Divine Mercy Catholic Parish and taught for 43 years in the Paulding School System. Janet rescued and adopted countless dogs of many breeds. She worked rescuing dogs through the Greyhound Inmate Experience; Greyhounds of Eastern Michigan, Galgo Scuby North America and Ohio Lurcher Project. She did transports for many greyhound groups and the Paulding County Dog Kennel.
Janice is survived by her husband, Gary W. Lipp; sons, Brian (Adrienne) Lipp both of Paulding, Michael (Carrie) Lipp of Maricopa, AZ and Aaron (Caroline) Lipp of Greenwood, IN; seven grandchildren; siblings, Kathy Haney, Canton, OH, David (Brenda) Werling, Albuquerque, NM, Ellen (Arvin) Grimm, Ft. Wayne, IN, Lisa Werling, Convoy, OH, and Ann Miller, Paulding; lifelong friends, Dee and Johnny Bowen and eleven beloved dogs.
She is preceded in death by her parents.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be conducted 10 AM Friday, July 18 at Divine Mercy Catholic Parish, Paulding. Burial will be in Paulding Memorial Cemetery, Paulding.
Visitation will be 2 – 8 PM Thursday, July 17 at Den Herder Funeral Home, Paulding with a Family Memorial Service of Remembrance followed by a Rosary at 7PM.
In lieu of flowers the family requests donations made to Divine Mercy Catholic Parish; Galgo Scuby North America; or Greyhounds of Eastern Michigan.
Online condolences may be sent to www.denherderfh.com
