The Siple Murder
Southlawn Park
Frank E. Siple was born November 25, 1892 in Hammond, Tangipahoa, Louisiana to Elias and Arloa Siple. His father passed away two years later. By the start of World War I, Frank had relocated to Ogle County, Illinois where he would become a pastor in the Church of God.
This album portrays the sad life of Rev. Frank E. Siple.
Research and production by David Britten. While all of the content is either in the public domain or available by subscription to various resources, all rights are reserved as to the format of this album. It is intended to share through the Wyoming, Michigan
Historical Commission and Wyoming History Room.
(Illinois) Evening Telegraph 5/1/1920
3/30/1928
Children of Frank E. and Bertie E. Siple
• Marjorie Eloine Siple, 1915 -1990
• Mildred Rose Siple, 1918 -2006
• Marcile Louise Siple, 1919 -2006
• Dorothy Ann Siple, 1921 -1939
• Jeannette Siple, 1923 -2014
• Virginia L Siple, 1926 -
1/16/1931
8/9/1930
6/13/1931
Grand Rapids Press 4/7/1932
Grand Rapids Press 9/16/1937
Grand Rapids Press 4/27/1935
Grand Rapids Press 7/31/1939
Grand Rapids Press 8/1/1939
Rapids Press 10/28/1939
Grand Rapids Press 1/2/1946 pp 1 & 2
Belvidere (Illinois) Daily Republican 1/3/1946
Grand Rapids Press 1/31/1946
Grand Rapids Press 2/1/1946
The Dekalb (Illinois) Daily Chronicle 2/2/1946
Rapids Press 2/4/1946
Lansing State Journal 2/6/1946
Grand Rapids Press 2/19/1946
5/6/1947
Lansing State Journal 3/16/1950
Grand Rapids Press 5/29/1953
Grand Rapids Press 8/15/1953
Grand Rapids Press 9/19/1953
Grand Rapids Press 9/25/1953
Grand Rapids Press 10/30/1953
1956 Journal of the United States Supreme Court
Grand Rapids Press 2/24/1958
Grand Rapids Press 4/23/1958
Grand Rapids Press 2/25/1958
Grand Rapids Press 12/29/1959
Grand Rapids Press 12/31/1959
Grand Rapids Press 4/9/1960
140 Celia Street SE
Home where Dorothy Ann Siple was murdered in 1939
(Google Earth 2020)
135 Pennel Road (32nd Street) SE Paris Township Siple Home in 1936
(Google Earth 2020)
