Earl
Tripp, 83
St.
Cloud &endash; Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday
at the Miller-Carlin Funeral Home in St. Cloud for
Earl Douglass Tripp, age 83, of St. Cloud and Lake
Havasu City, Ariz.,
who
died Friday, Jan. 24, 2003 in Phoenix, Ariz. at the
Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Earl
was born Dec. 18, 1919 in Viking, to William Hull
and Julianna "Marie" (Kulseth) Tripp. He played
semi-pro hockey States-Dominion League. He was
nicknamed "Shorty" and was rated #1 goalie by the
league. He played for both the Thief River Falls
Thieves and the Fargo Moorhead Comets. Earl was a
WWII veteran, enlisted in the Army in April 1942
and served his country until October 1945. After
serving in the Army, he returned home and worked
for the Soo Line Railroad in Thief River Falls for
over 38 years and retired in 1980. He married
Virginia Janelle Schalz on March 4, 1950 in
Thief
River Falls. The couple moved to St. Cloud in
1994.
Earl
is survived by his wife of 52 years, Virginia
Janelle Schalz Tripp; his son, Wayne Alan Tripp,
his daughters, Mary Dawn Bishop, Rosann Marie
Froehle, and Melissa Jayne Odom. He is also
survived by his grandchildren and a great
grandchild. A00003B2002JA29
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