James Tripp

James Mitchell Tripp age 71 of Casper, Wyoming passed away Saturday March 9th at Wyoming Medical Center. James was born in Fredericktown, Missouri to Paul Leonard and Lora Mae (Parson) Tripp 4th of 10 children and lived in Casper since 1953 when his family moved here from Missouri. James worked for Auto Hospital in Casper for over 35 years. He was a hard worker who loved to tell Jokes. He enjoyed holiday dinners and helping others whenever he could. He will be dearly missed by his family. Survivors include his wife, Frances Tripp of the family home; his son, James Mike Tripp (Angela) of Casper; 1 brother, Roger Tripp of Fredericktown; 6 sisters, Linda Anderson of VA; Judy (Ken) Smith of Farmington Mo.; Sherry Zekeres of Fredericktown; Shelia (Kevin) Kinkeade of Festus, Mo.; Deanna Dent of North Carolina; Debby(Rick) Jurczyk of Fredericktown; sister- in- law Lucille Smith and husband Donald of Casper and brother-in- law Roy Whitehead of Casper James is also survived by 8 grandchildren; 5 step-grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren and several nieces nephews and great nieces nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents, 2 sons, Clifford Don and John Henry, 2 brothers, Don and Dan Tripp and 1 sister- in- law, Mary and several aunts and uncles. A remembrance of life will be held at the home of his son James Saturday March 17, at 1326 E 24th St. in Casper WY, starting at noon. .