A penciled notation identified the actual date of his death and also the location of his burial plot, as block 101-lot 9- grave 8.

DR. E. S. TRIPP, 52, BURIED WEDNESDAY

PROMINENT CITIZEN, ACTIVE IN CHURCH, CIVIC DUTIES; WORLD WAR 1 VETERAN

INTERMENT IN BLAIR CEMETERY

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Blair and community was shocked early Saturday to learn of the death of Dr. E. S. Tripp, Blair dentist. Dr. Tripp, who had been prominent in many civic affairs, had undergone a major operation at the Clarkson hospital in Omaha a few days prior to his death and had seemed to be making good progress. He was unable to rally from a sudden set-back which ended in his death.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon at two o’clock from the local Methodist church with Rev. Sidney L. McCaig officiating and interment was made in the Blair cemetery.

Deceased was born at Belvidere, Nebraska, May 10, 1894. When he was ten years of age, the family moved to Hebron, Nebraska, where he graduated from high school in 1911. After his graduation he was associated with the Hill Mortuary in Hebron for several years, later with the Schuman Mortuary in Fairbury, and then with the Brewer Mortuary in South Omaha.

In 1917, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy and served in World War 1 as hospital Corpsman on a ship returning wounded service men to this country, making eighteen crossings in his line of duty.

After the war he entered the University of Nebraska, graduating as a Dental Surgeon in 1923. He entered the dental profession in Hebron, practicing there until he moved to Blair in 1936.

Dr. Tripp was active in a number of community activities. He was a member of the School Board; a member of the Official Board of the Methodist Church; and Chairman of the Washington County Red Cross at the time of his death. For several years he had been Secretary of the Red Cross work in Washington County. He has served as Master of the Masonic Lodge; was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge; had served as Commander as well as Adjutant of both the Hebron and Blair American Legion Posts. He had served as President of the Blair Lions Club.

On July 21, 1925, Dr. Tripp was united in marriage to Miss Martha Kirby at Washington, Kansas. To this union two children were born, a son, Billy K., and a daughter, Claralynn, who with the wife and the deceased’s mother, Mrs. W. E. Tripp of Hebron, a sister, Mrs. H. C. Marling of Hayward, California; three brothers, W. C. Tripp of Hebron, F. L. of Grand Island and H. L. of Lincoln, all bow in grief at their great loss.

Dr. Tripp was a man of most estimable qualities: unassuming, he went his way doing his bit in whatever way he could and always standing for his ideas of right. He will be missed in the community and his place will indeed be hard to fill.

Pallbearers were Scott Robeson, Ralph E. Vinton, F. H. McVicker, Frank Lutz, Dick Lippincott and H. Lyle Guyer. Bendorf Service was in charge.

Members of the Odd Fellows and Masonic lodges attended in a body as well as the American Legion Firing Squad. At the grave the Masonic services were performed with the Firing Squad rendering a salute to their lost comrade and the sounding of taps.

Out-of-town friends and relatives who attended the services were Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bloomfield; Mrs. O. A. Curtis; Mr. and Mrs. Ben Gadd; Mr. and Mrs. W. I Tripp and daughters; Mrs. Mabel Tracy; Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Tripp; Miss Iva Kirby; Mr. and Mrs. Ed Kirby; and John Kirby of Lincoln. From Hebron came Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Tripp; Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kenner; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Maple; Mrs. Charles Tripp; and Harry Bryan. Others were Mrs. Lamont Peterson of Fort Worth, Texas; Mrs. Robert Hurd of Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Mrs. Enery Howard of Monticello, Minnesota.

~~~Obituaries courtesy of the Nebraska Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair, Nebraska Public Library~~~

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