Retha Dell Edwards^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]}

1898 - 1975  (76 years)

• Name	Retha Dell Edwards  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	Dec 1898	Shelby County, Illinois, USA   [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15]
  Gender	Female
  Residence	1900	Dry Point, Shelby, Illinois, USA   [6]
  	Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Residence	1910	Shelbyville Ward 3, Shelby, Illinois, USA   [7]
  Residence	1920	Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA   [5]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Daughter
  Residence	1935	Decatur, Macon, Illinois   [2]
  Residence	1940	Decatur, Illinois, USA   [2, 3]
  	Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife
  Residence	1950	Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA   [14]
  	Relation to Head: Wife; Marital Status: Married
  Death	25 Feb 1975	Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA   [4, 8]
  Burial	Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA   [8]
  Person ID	I342585251180	Tripp Family Genealogical Website

  
  

  Father	Thomas Henry Edwards,   b. 4 Feb 1869, Dry Point, Shelby, Illinois, USA d. 22 Nov 1937, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Effie Ann Bechtel,   b. Feb 1880, Illinois, USA d. 8 Jul 1924, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	1895  [6]
  Family ID	F1098	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dewey Sampson Tripp,   b. 21 Sep 1898, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA d. 5 Dec 1972, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	1917	Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA   [10]
  Children	1. Gaylord Ralph Tripp, Sr,   b. 22 Jul 1917, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA d. 24 Apr 1998, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA (Age 80 years)   2. Farrett Francis Tripp,   b. 2 May 1920, Shelbyville, Shelby, Illinois, USA d. 12 Dec 1996 (Age 76 years)   3. Lloyd Carlin Tripp,   b. 9 Jun 1926, Dewey, Champaign, Illinois, USA d. 16 May 2016, Macon County, Illinois, USA (Age 89 years)   4. William Eugene Tripp,   b. 1 Jan 1929, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA d. 26 Nov 2021, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA (Age 92 years)   5. Donald Oliver Tripp,   b. 31 Aug 1930, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA d. 24 Feb 2004, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA (Age 73 years)   6. Joyce M Tripp,   b. 13 Apr 1934, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA d. 24 Jul 2004, Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, USA (Age 70 years)   7. Thomas Dale Tripp,   b. 8 Jul 1937, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA d. 18 May 1992, Decatur, Macon, Illinois, USA (Age 54 years)
  Family ID	F9968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

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