Barbara C. Lipe, 87, of Manlius, passed away surrounded by family. Born on November 13, 1926 in Syracuse, Barbara graduated from Nottingham High School in 1944 and Syracuse University in 1948 with a B.S. in Food and Nutrition. Barbara was co-owner and manager of Lipe’s Dairy and established the first Village of Manlius Recycling Center. May 4, 1989 was declared Barbara Lipe Day in the Village of Manlius. Barbara was a crusader for the NYS Bottle Bill after opening a recycling center at Lipe’s Dairy in the early 1970s. She served on the OCCRA Board, received the F-M Rotary 1989 Citizen of the Year Award for volunteer service, the Post Standard 1990 Women of Achievement for Ecology the NSDAR Conservation Medal. Barbara was a charter and Board member of FM A Better Chance, member of the Preservation Association of CNY, served as a Trustee of the Manlius Library, a Girl Scout Leader, and volunteered for the Food Bank of CNY - Vista Volunteer Food Finder 1985-86, Regional Learning Service, Meals on Wheels and Literacy Volunteers. She served on the Environmental Management Council and was Task Force Chair and on the editorial staff of the CNY Environment newspaper. She was a member of Christ Episcopal Church in Manlius and Trinity Episcopal Church in Fayetteville and had served on the Vestry of both churches.
She was predeceased by her husband Willard C. “Bill” Lipe. She is survived by her children Pamela Lipe (Gary) Revercomb, Rebecca Lipe (Charlie) Fountain, Susan Lipe Edwards and Willard (Susan) Lipe; brother, Franklin Crandall; eleven grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two foster children: Don Perry and Vinh Vu.
A celebration of her life will be 3:00 pm Sunday, September 21, 2014 at Trinity Episcopal Church, 106 Chapel St., Fayetteville.
Contributions: may be made to FM A Better Chance, P.O. Box 355, Manlius, NY 13104, Women’s Opportunity Center, 901 James St., Syracuse, NY 13203 or the Food Bank of CNY, 7066 Interstate Island Rd., Syracuse, NY 13209.
