Rogers Co. Obit for: Josephine Scimeca Tripp
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Date: 10/20/2002 by: Bill Cook, billcook44@aol.com
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9/04/2002
Josephine Scimeca Tripp

Josephine Tripp, mother of Claremore residents John and Angela Tripp, passed 
away on Monday, Sept. 2, 2002. She was 90.

The Tripp family will receive visitors from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday at Rice 
Funeral Service. Graveside services will be 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 9, 2002 at 
Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo., where she will be laid to rest beside 
her beloved partner of 57 years, husband Charles V. Tripp.

Josephine was born March 23, 1912 in Houston, Texas. 

After she and Charles married, and in addition to raising their two children, 
Josephine owned and operated the Tip Top Variety store in Kansas City. 

She was president of the North Kansas City Professional Business Women's 
Association, co-owner and operator of the Riverside Motel, an active member of 
St. Theresa Catholic Church and a member of the Italian Women's Club of KCMO.

During her retirement years, Josephine made her home in Claremore to be near her 
children. While here, she was a member of St. Cecilia's Catholic Church.

Josephine spoke Italian fluently and cooked both traditional and ethnic foods, 
specializing in Italian pastries. 

Sunday dinners were a time for the Tripp family to gather, enjoying each other's 
company and delicious Italian cuisine. 

Josephine and Charles were able to take numerous trips together. For someone who 
loved to travel, these times were a special treasure.

Her family said, Our hopes are, she will travel through eternity with her 
husband Charles, they will enjoy her cooking and we know their love will last 
forever.

Josephine is survived by her children, John Tripp and wife Karen of Claremore 
and Angela J. Tripp, also of Claremore; grandchildren, Sarah B. Tripp Nail and 
husband Chad Nail of Claremore, Charles "Andy" Tripp of San Diego, Calif., 
Charles C. Deem of Claremore and Jeremiah J. Deem of Oklahoma City; brothers, 
Frank Lucido and Frank "Chico" Scimeca, and sister Margaret Fontana, all of 
Kansas City, Mo.

She was preceded in death by her husband Charles V. Tripp in 1994; brothers, 
Louis and Phillip Scimeca; and sisters, Grace Bono and Jacqueline Gatto.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that those wishing to honor Josephine's 
memory make a contribution in her name to St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, 1304 
Dorothy, Claremore, OK 74017.





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