Peggy J. Ipson

Derby - Ipson, Peggy J. (Cummings), died Wednesday, April 4 after a brief illness. She was born May 26, 1933 in Hutchinson, KS, the third daughter of Charles E. Cummings and Lucinda A. Griffitts Cummings. She attended public schools in Hutchinson and graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1951. She graduated from Hutchinson Community Junior College in 1953 and took her first teaching position at Claflin Grade School immediately upon graduation. She received her B.S. in Education from Wichita State University in 1971. She married Louis Ipson in 1978. She taught every elementary grade through the course of her teaching career across the state – in Claflin, Garden City, Overland Park, Lawrence, Hutchinson, Andale, Oswego and Derby. She always said of her many years teaching Kansas schoolchildren, “I had a lot of great kids.” She was a voracious reader and loved to instill in children the same love for the written word that she cultivated throughout her life. As a librarian, she helped with planning and expansion projects for municipal libraries in Rolla and Derby. She is survived by her husband, Louis; daughters Jennifer Comes (David Bell) of Wichita, Debra Comes of Derby and Linda Hodges of Boise, ID; son Mark Comes (Julie) of Derby; sister, Betty Hindman (Tom) of Tyler, TX; stepchildren Donald Ipson (Debbie) and Margo Ipson Latiolais of Lafayette, LA; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her son, Steven, and her sister, Charlene Cummings (Bud) Lehman. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, St. Mary Faith Center, 2300 E. Meadowlark, Derby. Memorials have been established in her name with Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market Wichita, KS 67202 and the Derby Public Library 1600 Walnut Grove Road Derby, KS 67037.