Aldora Tripp

Aldora Tripp, 86, of Kanawha passed away Wednesday, January 4, 2006, at her home.

Aldora, the daughter of Fred and Flossie (Rood) Soper, was born November 1, 1919, in Dow City, Iowa.  She graduated from Lucas High School in 1938.

On March 4, 1940, she married William Earl Tripp in Princeton, Missouri.  The couple made their home south of Kanawha until 1942, when they moved to several Iowa towns, returning to Kanawha in 1952.

Aldora began working at the cafe in Kanawha as a cook and dishwasher in 1958.  She worked there for nearly 40 years before retiring.  Aldora was well known for making great potato salad.

She loved watching birds, word searches, jigsaw puzzles and reading, but she lived to go to her family reunion every year on the first Sunday of July.

Aldora was a member of the United Methodist Church in Kanawha.

Aldora is survived by daughter, Janet Piper and husband, Wayne of Des Moines; two sons, Vaughn Tripp and wife, Ellen of Starbuck, Minnesota and Richard Tripp and wife Donna of Akron; eight grandchildren: Richard Green, Debbie Bracy, Dwana Eslinger, Dawn Peasley Bracy, Chad Tripp, Jason Tripp, Anthony Tripp and Joseph Tripp; fifteen great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; four sisters: Grace Chumbley, Vera Hupton, Alice Gracey, Nellie Critz; two brothers John Soper and wife, Audrey, and Bill Soper and wife, Charlotte; numerous nieces, nephews and other family members.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Earl in 1971; daughter, Marilynn in 1946; two sisters: Ruth King and Eula West; two brothers: Lewis Soper and Wayne Soper.