Gordon Shipp

Gordon Shipp was born January 11, 1932 in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming to Ralph and Lucile Shipp. He passed away in Tucson, Arizona on May 20, 2020 at the age of 88.

Gordon was a hard worker, starting at ten years old with paper routes, working in the potato fields in junior and senior high, and eventually in the grocery store his father managed.

He graduated as Salutatorian of his high school class, exceling in math and lettering in football, basketball, and track. Although his grades earned him a scholarship to University of Wyoming, he chose to attend Denver Business School where his soon-to-be wif...