From the November 7, 2022, Effingham (Illinois) Radio "Former Navy machinist mate 1st class and Effingham County native Keith Tipsworth returning home."
More than eighty years after his death at Pearl Harbor, Effingham native Keith Tipsworth is coming home. He was a Navy Machinsit Mate 1st Class stationed on the battleship USS West Virginia that fateful day and one of 106 crewmen aboard the ship who were killed.
His remains will arrive at St. Louis Lambert Airport on Thursday, November 10 and will make their way to Effingham to Johnson Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, November 15 at the funeral home with visitation prior to the service from 10 to 11 am.
Burial will be at Moccasin Cemetery in rural Beecher City, Illinois.
--GreGen
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