Carol Dwyer Sipes

Carol Ann Dwyer Sipes, 82 of Rochester, formerly of Winchester, was called to Heaven on Thursday, January 20, 2022. She was born January 8, 1940, in Springfield, the daughter of James A. and Mary Leona Roy Dwyer. She married Larry L. Sipes on September 10, 1960, at St. Mark's Catholic Church in Winchester. Surviving is her husband Larry, daughters Dr. Mandy (Adam) Saathoff and Aimee (Darren) Johnson, granddaughters Emma and Sophia Johnson and Isabella Saathoff, all of Rochester, her sister Sue Dwyer Hamilton and nephew James D. (Antoinette) Hamilton of Springfield. She was preceded in death by her parents. Carol was a lifelong member of St. Mark's Catholic Church in Winchester. She graduated from Winchester High School and MacMurray College. She taught both elementary and high school students in Pittsfield and Winchester, retiring after 43 years of service. In her retirement, she taught introductory computer classes to senior citizens and students for whom English was their second language through Lincoln Land Community College. Carol was an active member and past president of the Winchester Library Board, where she served for 36 years. She was also a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, the Passavant Hospital Auxiliary, and a Dominican Associate of the Dominican Sisters of Springfield. Carol was an avid reader and bridge player. She loved traveling, lunches and day-trips with her girlfriends, and bridge and dinners with her friends at the JCCC. Carol also deeply loved her hometown community of Winchester. Carol's pride and joy were her three granddaughters. She attended every church event, school event, volleyball game, soccer game, cheerleading competition, and dance recital for her granddaughters, even when those events required travel many states away and even while battling cancer. The rosary will be prayed at 3 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022, at Daws Family Funeral Home in Jacksonville, followed by a visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 29, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Daws Family Funeral Home with interment at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. Memorials may be made to the Winchester Public Library or the Winchester Kiwanis Food Pantry.

Carol Dwyer Sipes

January 8, 1940 - January 20, 2022