Arvin F.H. Shipley

Arvin Frederick Henry Shipley of Esko, Minn., will be celebrating his 70th birthday as he enters the heavenly kingdom, being called to his eternal home on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013. Arvin, called "Fred" by all who knew him, was born on Jan. 9, 1943, in Cloquet, Minn., the second child of Arvin B. "Dude" and Edythe (Youngkrantz) Shipley. He lived the first 12 years of his life in Scanlon. While in Scanlon, Fred had many friends in the community. At this time, Fred began his interest in automobiles: how they worked, and how to fix them if they didn’t work. Often, he and his dad had their hands and heads under the hood of a car.