On October 11, 2012 Edward J. Pipkin,Sr. beloved husband of the late Theresa Pipkin (nee Kowalczyk);devoted father of Senator E.J. Pipkin and his wife Alisa Pipkin and Joanne Pipkin; loving grandfather of Alexandra Zelubowski, Steven Zelubowski, Jr., Carter Pipkin, Meredith Pipkin and Tyler Pipkin; dear brother of Florence Henseberger, John Pipkin and the late Bernard Pipkin; brother in law of Mary Frances Pipkin, Ann Pipkin and the late Raymond Henseberger.

Mr. Pipkin will lie in state in Oak Crest Chapel 8810 Walther Blvd on Monday from 9 AM until 10 AM the funeral hour. Interment St. Stanislaus Cemetery. Friends may call at the family owned Duda-Ruck Funeral Home of Dundalk, Inc. 7922 Wise Avenue on Sunday 6-9 PM.