Charles "Charlie" Sipe

Charlie was born July 14, the son of Bert Lee and Mamie Alice (Riley) Sipe in Mohawk, Tennessee. On August 6, 1976, Charlie married Linda L. Bender in Rogerville, Tennessee. Upon moving to Carroll County, Illinois, Charlie took a job at the Savanna Ice House, the Milwaukee Railroad for 24 years, Kasbohm Custom Drilling in Savanna and owned and operated Charlie’s Tavern in Savanna and Charlie’s II Tavern in Mt. Carroll. Charlie lived and farmed near Mt. Carroll where he and Linda raised five children. He loved his grandchildren, there was nothing that gave him more joy then his grandchildren. He enjoyed sitting around with friends and telling stories, or out moving earth with his bulldozer. He loved a good challenge, truth be told, Charlie wrestled a bear and lived to tell about it. He climbed a telephone pole backwards with out falling. Charlie was a unique, interesting and loving man.
Charlie will be dearly missed by his wife, Linda of Mt. Carroll; four sons, Tim Snapp of Greenville, TN; Tom Sipe of Savanna; Donnie (India) Sipe of Mt. Carroll and Charlie (Tonya) Sipe of Mt. Carroll; three daughters, Peggy (George) Grams of Camanche, Iowa; Bobbie Jo (Carl) Bates of Mt. Carroll and Stacie (Robert) Klein of Savanna; six step daughters; twenty six-grandchildren and fourteen great grand children; seven sisters, Lenore “Sis” Cobble, Annie Richer, Peggy (Larry) Wilder, Nancy (George) Tempest, all of Tennessee; Betty Kalal of Minnesota, Ella Bea Horner and Jane (Bill) Atkenson of Wisconsin and numerous step-grandchildren.
Charlie is preceded in death by his parents; a step-grandson; four brothers and one sister. Memorials may be made in Charlie’s name.