Tyler Shipman

Lifelong Frazee resident, Tyler Shipman (18), lost his earthly battle with cancer at his home in Frazee, MN and went peacefully to meet his Heavenly Father on February 14, 2010.

Tyler Jay Shipman was born to Jay and Daneele (Stoll) Shipman on July 18, 1991, at Dakota Hospital in Fargo, ND. He attended Frazee High School as a senior until his illness. Tyler was baptized at Mount Olive Lutheran Church in Detroit Lakes, MN on September of 1991, and confirmed in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Evergreen, MN on April of 2007.

Tyler was a very active young man who loved life. His favorite hobbies were snowmobiling, fishing, hunting, riding his ATV, and hanging out with his friends. One of his favorite pastimes was fishing with his dad and brother, Carter. He also worked very hard with his dad building up their business, Shipman’s Tree Service. Tyler loved cars, especially Pontiac Fieros, and was fortunate enough to see his pride and joy fixed up to pristine condition in the last months of his life. He loved to drive fast and race anything with anyone. He recently began to take up RC remote control car racing and also completing model car kits. He smiled a lot, laughed a lot, and was a blessing to those who knew him well. In the last months of his life battling cancer, he taught us all about bravery. The friends and family who surrounded him made his life better, and we will be forever changed for having Tyler as a part of our lives.

Surviving Tyler are his parents, Jay and Daneele (Stoll) Shipman of Frazee; sister, Tiffany (21) of Grand Forks, ND; brother, Carter (10) of Frazee; sister Cassidy (8) of Frazee; grandparents Dean and Louella Shipman of Detroit Lakes; grandfather, Ray Stoll of Osage, MN; grandmother, Joyce Cass of St. Cloud, MN; great-grandfather, Rome Villard of Detroit Lakes, MN; great-grandmother, Erna Cass of St. Cloud, MN; aunts and uncles, Kay (Shipman) Graham, Calvin and Tamra Shipman, Eugene Shipman, Shane and Krysteen Hjulberg, Dovie DiNicola; first cousins, Joe Callahan, Amanda Callahan, Josh Graham, Derek Shipman, Kristin (Andrew) Schock, Jesse Shipman, Kari Shipman, Joanna Shipman, Allison Hjulberg and Andrew Hjulberg and also many other great- aunts, uncles and generations of cousins.

He was preceded in death by his great-grandparents, Charles Cass, Dallas and Vivian Lindsay and Mabel Villard.

Funeral services will be held Friday, February 19, at 2 p.m., at the Frazee High School with Reverend Anthony Cloose officiating. Casketbearers will be Tiffany Shipman (sister), Nathan Schumann (friend), Joe Lingl (friend), Derek Shipman (cousin), Jesse Shipman (cousin) and Kari Shipman (cousin). Honorary casketbearers will be Carter Shipman (brother) and Cassidy Shipman (sister). Interment will be at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Evergreen, MN. Visitation will be held at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Evergreen, rural Frazee, on Thursday, February 18, from 4-8 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., and will also be held one hour prior to the service at the school on Friday.

Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Furey Funeral Home, Frazee, 218-334-2461.

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