Elena M. (Sipes) Ott

Elena M. Ott

Elena Mae (Sipes) Ott, age 88, formerly of Greencastle, PA died at 5:26 AM Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at The Shook Home in Chambersburg where she had resided since May 2012.

Born May 16, 1928 in Harrisonville, Fulton County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Clem and Clara Edna (Hann) Sipes. She married Roy M. Ott on November 30, 1946 in Hagerstown. He died on December 1, 2009.

Elena was a homemaker and had worked at the former Stanley Co. and Gibble’s Potato Chips, both of Chambersburg. She was a member of the Otterbein United Brethren Church of Greencastle and a former member of Ebenezer “Guitners” United Brethren Church and the Church’s missionary society. Elena was a graduate of the former Lemasters High School.

Surviving family are daughter-in-law Sharon Ott Dale of Greencastle, daughter-in-law Ellen Ott of Greencastle, four grandchildren Jason Ott, Shannon Ott, Jonathon Ott, Melissa Grove,

nine great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sons, Marlin R. Ott in 2005, Dale M. Ott in 2007, three sisters Beatrice Clippinger, Evelyn Shuman, Goldie Elliott and two brothers R. Paul Sipes and Ralph Sipes.

Funeral services will be held on Friday August 26 at 10:00 AM at the Harold M. Zimmerman And Son Funeral Home 45 S. Carlisle St. Greencastle with Rev. David G. Rawley officiating. Burial will be in the St. Thomas Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 PM . Memorial contributions may be given in her memory to the Building Fund of the Otterbein United Brethren Church 146 Leitersburg St. Greencastle, PA 17225. Online condolences may be expressed at www.zimmermanfh.com