John E. Tripp died 1978

TRIPP, GEHO

Posted By: Sharyl Ferrall
Date: 4/28/2006 at 04:39:12

John E. Tripp, 79, a retired grain and commodities specialist with the Department of Agriculture and an area resident for 46 years, died of cancer, Tuesday at his home in Bethesda.

He joined Agriculture as a specialist to grain procurement and sales in [illegible] He subsequently served as deputy director for production and marketing. At his retirement in 1965, he was deputy director in the commodity stabilization services division.

Mr. Tripp then joined Cargill, Inc., a grain exporting firm, as a Washington representative until about 1968, when he retired for a second time.

Mr. Tripp was born in Montezuma, Iowa, and earned a degree in agriculture from Iowa State University in 1924. In 1937, he earned a law degree from Southeastern University here.

He served with the Army in France during World War I.

His first wife, Alice, died in 1964.

He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church of Bethesda.

Survivors include his second wife, Cecelia, of the home in Bethesda; three sons by his first marriage, Warren, of Centerville, Ohio, Arnold, of San Jose, Costa Rica, and Ralph, of Poolesville, Md; a sister, Louella Geho, of Lynn Haven, Fla., and two grandchildren.

The family suggests that expressions of sympathy be in the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society.

Washington Post, Washington D.C., November 25, 1978