Marilyn Frances Barry Sipple passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021 three days shy of her 91st birthday, and four days before her 66th wedding anniversary.

Marilyn was born in East Orange, New Jersey to Laurence Ambrose and Margaret Mary (Lynch) Barry.  In 1947 she graduated from East Orange High School in East Orange, New Jersey, and from All Soul's Hospital Nursing School in Morristown, New Jersey in 1950.

For over 50 years, she served as a dedicated compassionate Registered Nurse, who was loved by all of her patients. In 1950, she began her career in nursing at All Souls Hospital in Morristown, NJ.  In 1962, she continued at the NASA Clinic at the White Sands Missile Range near Las Cruces, NM. In 1966, another move took her to Hines VA Hospital in Cicero, IL, then in 1969, to the Rocky Mountain VA Hospital in Denver, CO. In 1976, at the Phoenix Indian Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ, she found her dream job working with Native Americans from multiple tribes, caring for them and teaching them how to crochet. Next, in a stint starting in 1976, she again found herself working in a VA hospital, Audie Murphy VA Hospital in San Antonio, TX. She moved with her husband to Saudi Arabia in 1978, where she first worked at a small private hospital overseeing set up of the Central Supply Unit for the entire hospital. She finished her time in Saudi Arabia at the Dhahran Armed Forces Hospital at the King Abdulaziz Air Base, receiving numerous commendations. In 1986, she returned to San Antonio and back to the VA, and then as a Nurse Consultant for Aetna Insurance advocating for her patients in south Texas until her retirement.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Laurence Ambrose Barry and Margaret Mary (Lynch) Barry, twin brother David Barry and brother Don Barry, sister, Jane Martin and brothers-in-law Tom Martin and Gus Siragusa.

She is survived by her husband of nearly 66 years, Paul Kevin Sipple, sister Helen Siragusa, brother Larry (Peggy) Barry, sister-in-law Sylvia Barry, sons Kevin Sipple, David Sipple, Brian Sipple, and Brendan Sipple, daughters Margaret (Jeff) Srinivasan, and Kathleen (Wayne) Brummert, grandsons Maxx Srinivasan, Beau Srinivasan, and Brendan Paul Sipple, plus numerous loving nieces, nephews and friends all over the world.

Funeral Services will be held at

St. Brigid Catholic Church

6907 Kitchener, San Antonio, TX 78240

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Visitation at 8:45 A.M.

Rosary will be recited at 9:30 A.M.

Funeral Mass to be offered at 10:00 A.M.

Private graveside services will be held at

Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery