Full Name: Donald Eugene Tribble Age: 78 Years Sex: Male
Current address: Topeka, Kansas
Date of death: Thursday morning , October 24, 2002
Place of death: Midland Hospice House, Topeka, Kansas
Date of birth: August 24, 1924 Place of birth: Moberly, MO
Parents: Gweneth E. and Mary Opal Goon Tribble
Years in current city/town: since 1966
Background: Graduated in 1942 from Higbee High School in Higbee, MO. He joined the United States Air Force in 1942. He saw duty in Alaska, Korea, Newfoundland, Bermuda, and many other continental United States bases. He was employed by the University of Kansas as a systems analyst for student records. He retired from KU in 1987. He was a member of Central Presbyterian Church where he served as Clerk of Session as a Elder and on the Board of Deacons. He was a member of Melvern Masonic Lodge #22 and the Arab Shrine of Topeka.
Relatives: Married to: Georgia Dooty, September 11, 1947 at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. She survives.
Immediate survivors:
Wife: Georgia Trimble, of the home, Topeka, KS
3 daughters: Dona Hokanson, Friendswood, TX
Nancy Warren, Topeka, KS
Diane Torrez, Topeka, KS
1 son: Charles Tribble, Overland Park, KS
8 Grandchildren
3 Great-grandchildren
Service time, day, date, place: Services will be at 10:30a.m., Monday, October 28, 2002 at Central Presbyterian Church.
Burial: With Military Honors conducted by a Ft. Riley detail will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Kansas
Visitation times, place: Donald Tribble will lie in state after 12:00 p.m. Sunday, October 27, 2002 at Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel where the family will receive friends from 4-5pm.
Memorial contributions, if any: American Heart Association, 5375 SW 13th , Topeka, KS 66606 or Central Presbyterian Church, 920 SW Huntoon, Topeka, KS 66604