{"id":11912,"date":"2021-09-28T07:27:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/?p=11912"},"modified":"2021-10-03T07:31:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T12:31:16","slug":"andrew-david-lipke-september-28-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/2021\/09\/andrew-david-lipke-september-28-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew David Lipke, September 28, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Andrew David Lipke passed away unexpectedly on September 28, 2021 of a heart condition.\u00a0 He is remembered fondly as an upbeat, caring soul with an infectious smile.\u00a0 His large family, rooted in Wisconsin and spanning the country, loves him immensely and he loved us deeply.\u00a0 Andrew graduated from Waukesha West High School in 2005 and attended Marian University thereafter.\u00a0 He had an incredibly quick mind and could pick up skills such as how to operate and fix new technologies immediately \u2013 helping his parents with tech matters on countless occasions.<\/p>\n

His friendly and welcoming personality made him easy to get along with and a great friend and well-liked colleague wherever he went. \u00a0Anyone who knew him knew that he enjoyed fishing (especially with his parents), playing golf (even more so when beating his Dad) and disc golf, snowboarding, talking with friends, video gaming, eating his Mother\u2019s cooking, and attending family gatherings. \u00a0Although he loved his home state of Wisconsin, the even greater love for his Dad led him to become a Chicago Bears fan. \u00a0He also loved spending quieter moments with his Mom and even when visiting home as an adult would enjoy nothing more than getting a calming head scratch from her, just like he had as a boy. \u00a0He enjoyed teasing his older sister as younger brothers do. \u00a0In recent years he was most excited about the birth of his niece to whom he wrote wonderfully loving and encouraging letters that will inspire her throughout her life, and with whom he loved to play peek-a-boo on video calls.<\/p>\n

Andrew was born on November 4, 1986 to Daniel and Lu Ann (David) Lipke in Edina, Minnesota.\u00a0 He is reunited with his grandparents \u2013 Lawrence and LaVon David, Donald Lipke, and Stella Lipke – and is survived by his parents, sister Kristin (Peter) Sparding, and his beloved niece, Josephine.\u00a0 An expansive team of aunts, uncles, and cousins remains in his corner as well.<\/p>\n

On October 1, 2021, Andrew gave an incredible gift to others through the selfless act of organ donation.\u00a0 His family is proud of him.\u00a0 In lieu of flowers, they request you to please consider a donation to the Iowa Donor Network (www.IowaDonorNetwork.org<\/a>) or UW Health (www.uwhealth.org<\/a>).<\/p>\n

\u201cDo not let your hearts be troubled.\u00a0 You have faith in God; have faith also in me.\u00a0 In my Father\u2019s house there are many dwelling places.\u00a0 If there were not, would I have told you that I am going to prepare a place for you?\u00a0 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back again and take you to myself, so that where I am you also may be.\u201d\u00a0 John, 14:1-3.<\/p>\n

The family wishes to thank the staff of Finley Hospital in Dubuque, Iowa and the many first responders who attended to Andrew and his family.<\/p>\n

A Memorial Service celebrating Andrew\u2019s life is planned to be held in the spring of 2022. \u00a0For more up-to-date information when it becomes available, please visit www.graufuneralhomes.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Andrew David Lipke passed away unexpectedly on September 28, 2021 of a heart condition.\u00a0 He is remembered fondly as an upbeat, caring soul with an infectious smile.\u00a0 His large family, rooted in Wisconsin and spanning the country, loves him immensely and he loved us deeply.\u00a0 Andrew graduated from Waukesha West High School in 2005 and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[943],"class_list":["post-11912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obituaries","tag-lipke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11914,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11912\/revisions\/11914"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/graufuneralhomes.com\/lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}