Mable M. Tripp

Petersburgh – Mable M. Tripp, 94, a longtime Petersburgh, NY, resident, died on Tuesday morning, May 21, 2013,  at the Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation at Hoosick Falls.
Born July 31, 1918, in Petersburgh, she was the daughter of the late William and Minnie Scriven Reinicke, who both died in the flu epidemic of 1919. She was raised by George and Augusta Scriven since the age of six. Educated in Petersburgh and a graduate of the Walter A. Wood High School in Hoosick Falls, NY, Mable worked at Polygraphic in North Bennington, VT, and at the dentist office of Evans & Bacon in Troy, NY. She was a devoted member of the Petersburgh Baptist Church, the Petersburgh Senior Citizens and the Eastern Star. Besides her parents, she is pre-deceased by her husband, Raymond “Mark” Tripp, her brother, Lewis and his wife Edith Scriven, and her sisters, Dorothy and husband Robert Lent and Grace and husband William O’Dell.
Survivors include her niece and caregiver, Linda, widow of the late William Sharper, her sister-in-law, Elaine and husband Scotty Prentiss, her Goddaughter, Donna Hoyt, and her special nieces, Jean and husband Marvin Erbesfeld, Virginia Phillips, Tammy and husband Stephen Whitman and Kimberly Phillips, along with other nieces and nephews.
Funeral services are on Friday afternoon at 1 pm in the Thomas M. Barber Funeral Home, 66 Armsby Road, Petersburgh, with Rev. J. Mark Norland officiating. Burial will follow in Meadowlawn Cemetery.
Relatives and friends are invited for visitation at the funeral home from 11 am until the start of the service on Friday. To remember Mable in a special way, memorial contributions to the Second Chance Shelter, P.O. Box 620, Shaftsbury, VT, 05262, would be appreciated.