Erin Sipe Obituary – Death – Erin Renee Witherspoon Sipe, age 45, passed calmly on October 12, 2021. Encircled by her treasured family, she calmly left her natural home jumping into the arms of her Heavenly Father. Her confidence has now turned into her sight.
Conceived September 16, 1976 in Statesville, NC, Erin experienced childhood in the Claremont people group and went to St. John’s Lutheran Church (Conover) all through her youth. She wedded her first love, Kevin Neill Sipe and together fabricated a delightful existence with their two little girls, Kara Nan and Anna Renee.
The girl of Gary and Susan Witherspoon of Claremont, Erin is additionally made due by Kevin Neill Sipe of Hickory and little girls Kara Nan and Anna Renee of the home. Other enduring friends and family incorporate sibling Matthew, his better half, Crystal, and nieces, Kate and Emma, grandma Edith Miller (Claremont), and a large group of more distant family whom she adored sincerely.
Erin is gone before in death by fatherly grandparents Joe and Mildred Witherspoon (Conover) and maternal granddad Roy Miller (Claremont).
Erin’s caring impact traverses numerous years and many lives, as she satisfied her deep rooted reason for instructor. She started her showing venture in her eighth grade year by helping her dance educator, Treva Hager, and furthermore showing Sunday School. All through school, she showed private swim illustrations for the local area at her home, through the Conover YMCA, and for Paul and Cathy Schiffel with the Hickory Stingrays. To officially satisfy her energy for instructing, she went to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as a NC Teaching Fellow and graduated magna cum laude in 1998 with the honor of being named Student Teacher of the Year.
From 1998 to 2003, Erin showed English at Bunker Hill High School, her institute of matriculation, prior to raising her family and showing her youngsters through self-teaching. During this time, she worked low maintenance for Catawba County Schools at Bunker Hill High and Mill Creek Middle, while additionally giving homebound guidance and after school coaching for destitute youngsters.
Her endowment of educating proceeded as the Director of Children’s Ministry at St. Stephens LCM where she drove kids’ congregation, midweek family service, and the rucksack food service effort to St. Stephens Elementary School. Erin’s mastery was additionally utilized as a Group Publishing Curriculum Ambassador for NC, TN, and SC preparing and furnishing houses of worship with the kids’ program and Vacation Bible School educational plans.