Patricia L. Shipman Elmore was born on December 29, 1935 in Dexter, Missouri to the late Edward M. and Doris L. (Tweedy) Shively.  She died on January 22, 2015 at her home.

Mrs. Elmore graduated from Bloomfield High School and Southeast Missouri State University and was a retired librarian with the Dexter Public Schools.  She was a member of the Trinity United Methodist Church in Bloomfield; had served on the Cotton Bowl Area Girl Scout Council; the Bloomfield Library Board; and on the early committee of the Stars and Stripes Museum/Library.  She also was a member of the Women’s Federation Club of Bloomfield.  One of her major interests included geneaology research.  She has published four books on her family.

In 1953, she married Lee E. Shipman who preceded her in death in 1985.  In 1988 she married William M. Elmore who preceded her in death in 2000. 

She is survived by three children, Carol Rozier of Osage Beach, Missouri, Katherine Wethington of Dexter, Missouri and Trent Shipman of Bloomfield, Missouri; and by one brother, Edward Shively of Little Rock, Arkansas.  Her surviving grandchildren include Carissa Rozier Danner, Bradley  Rozier, Trentlee Shipman and several great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by one granddaughter, Erin L. Shipman Powell in 2007.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Wednesday, January 28, 2015 at 11:00 A.M. with Rev. Alice Fowler officiating. 

Burial will be in the Shipman Plot of Robert Hill Cemetery south of Bloomfield. 

The family requests no flowers but that memorials be given to the Trinity United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 302, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825; the Stars and Stripes Museum, 17377 Stars and Stripes Way, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825 or the Bloomfield Public Library,  P. O. Box 294, Bloomfield, Missouri 63825.