Leta Tripp

Leta Murial Tripp, one of two daughters of Frank Edmund and Ethyl (McKinney) Tripp, was born on November 23, 2003 in Hancock, IA. The family lived in the Carson and Macedonia areas. Leta graduated from the Macedonia High School in 1923, and then attended the Missouri Valley Teachers College. Following school Leta returned to Macedonia where she worked at Dye's General Store from 1940 to 1960. Leta then moved to Council Bluffs, IA where she worked at Pendleton Woolen Mills until retiring in 1975. Leta was a member of the O.T.O Club in Macedonia and the Epworth Methodist Church in Council Bluffs. In 1998, Leta moved from her home in Council Bluffs to the Oakland Manor Care Center in Oakland, IA. Leta died at the Oakland Manor on December 5, 2003, having attained the age of 100 years and 12 days.
Leta is preceded in death by her parents and is survived by her sister Madge Trede of Macedonia, IA; Nephews Lyle Trede and his wife Mary Lua of Carson, IA; Gayle Trede and his wife Ruthie of Ralston, NE; Nieces Marilyn Fender and her husband Edwin of Carson, IA and Bobbie Downey and her husband Mike of Council Bluffs, IA; and many great and great great nieces and nephews.
To her nieces and nephews Leta was a special person, whom everyone loved. Hers was a life of giving, always thinking and doing for others. She will be missed by the many whose lives she touched.