Carl Herman Lips

Carl Herman Lips

• Father: Herman Lips b. circa 1848, d. 11 September 1934

• Carl Herman Lips was born on 21 December 1878 in New York.
• He married Anna Elizabetha Meyjes, daughter of Johannes F. Meyjes and Jeanette Vruinier, circa 1913.
• Carl Herman Lips registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Kings County, New York, while living with his wife Elizabeth at 99 Hart Street in Brooklyn, and employed as a research chemist.
• Carl Herman Lips became a widower at the 15 March 1963 death of his wife Anna Elizabetha Meyjes.
• Carl Herman Lips died on 7 September 1965 at age 86 in Tarrytown, Westchester County, New York.
• The following appeared on 9 September 1965 in The Putnam County Courier: Carl H. Lips, a retired research chemist died Tuesday, September 7, 1965, in the Tarry Hall Nursing Home in Tarrytown. His age was 87.
       He was a resident of Secor road, Mahopac, for 18 years. Before that he resided in Yonkers and Brooklyn.
       He was married April 17, 1913, in Berlin, Germany to Elizabeth Menjes [sic] Lips, who passed away in 1963.
       The deceased was born December 21, 1878 in New York city, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Lips.
       Mr. Lips was educated in schools in Brooklyn. He attended the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn and the University of Berlin, where he received his Ph.D. in chemistry.
       Three children, two sons, Herman A. of Ossining and Heinz A. of Wilmington, Delaware; one daughter, Mrs. Marie L. Sykes, of Oswego and 15 grandchildren survive.
       He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, Mahopac Falls.
       Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 9, 11 a.m. Rev. Charles Schaum, pastor of the First Presbyterian church will officiate.
       Funeral arrangements were by the Cargain Funeral Home, Carmel.

• Last Edited: 8 Jul 2011