Elizabeth Ann Tipton, 82, of The Willows in Chesapeake Beach passed away February 13, 2013 at Washington Hospital Center. She was born January 4, 1931 in London, England to George Kenelm and Rhona Field. Ann was raised in Kensington England until moving to the United States on the Queen Elizabeth when she was 21. She lived in Washington, D.C. and was employed by Covington & Burling law firm, where she met her future husband Wellstood White “Tip” Tipton. She and Tip were married on July 2, 1955 and they made their home in Kensington, MD, where they raised their family. Ann was a court reporter during the Watergate case and was later employed at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, retiring in 1995 as a Branch Chief. Ann and Tip owned a home in the Willows where they would spend their summers and then moved there permanently upon retirement. Ann loved knitting, playing bridge and traveling with her family. She was an animal lover and she was especially fond of her pets.

Ann was preceded in death by her husband Tip in 1999. She is survived by three daughters Rhona L. Leffler and husband Charles of Brookeville, MD, Sarah J. Thompson and husband Joseph of Frederick, MD and Lynn M. Tipton of Shady Side, MD; and two sons Charles K. Tipton of Chesapeake Beach, MD and Wellstood W. Tipton, Jr. of Hagerstown, MD. Also surviving are six grandchildren.