Basil Triplett 1924-1976

TRIPLETT, REEVES, HOUGE, MCKEAN, ANDERSON

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/2/2011 at 23:18:51

Basil Triplett, 51, Estherville, will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Henry Funeral Chapel, Estherville, with the Rev. Harvey Throop of the Presbyterian Church officiating and burial at the Oak Hill Cemetery. He died June 30 at the Emmet County Farm.

Friends may call at Henry Funeral Home, Estherville, until time of services Friday.

Mr. Triplett was born October 2, 1924 in Green City, Mo., to Sherman and Susan Reeves Triplett. He spent a number of years at Woodward and spent the last few years at the Emmet County Farm. He remained single.

Survivors include one brother, Melvin Triplett, Comfrey, Minn.; three sisters, Mrs. Elmer (Roxie) Houge, Spirit Lake; Mrs. Ed (Alvera) McKean, Estherville; and Mrs. Maynard (Hazel) Anderson, Azusa, Calif. He was preceded in death by his parents. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, July 1, 1976)