Submitted by: John C. Monk

Rev. David H. Tripp
March 4, 1940 - Dec. 16, 2007
ROLLING PRAIRIE - Rev. David H. Tripp, Ph.D., 67, of Rolling Prairie,
Ind., died 5:10 a.m. Sunday, December 16, 2007, in LaPorte Hospital, La
Porte, Ind. He was born March 4, 1940, in Lambeth, London, England and
adopted by the late Roger Tripp and late Alma (Ellis) Tripp. He had
lived in Northern Indiana since 1991, coming from England. Rev. Tripp
received a BA Degree from Cambridge University (Gorville and Caius
College), and his Ph.D. from the University of Leeds. He taught at
Lincoln Theological College, Queen's College, Birmingham, England, The
University of Notre Dame, and The Associated Mennonite Biblical
Seminary, Elkhart, Ind. While with the Methodist Church of Great
Britain, he was a circuit minister from 1966 - 1988 and a superintendent
minister from 1988 - 1991. From 1991 to the present he served three
churches in the United Methodist North Indiana Conference and, most
recently, the Rolling Prairie United Methodist Church. He was an
Honorary Priest - Vicar of Lincoln Cathedral and a long-time member of
Societas Liturgica. He served on the British Methodist Faith and Order
Committee; Lincoln Diocesan Liturgical Committee; British Council of
Churches, Study Commission on Trinitarian Doctrine, North Indiana
Conference United Methodist Church Archive Committee. He was the author
of _Renewal of the Covenant in the Methodist Tradition_, Published in
1969 in London and editor of Calvin Washington _Ruter's Brief Sketch of
his Life and Itinerant Labors_, which will be published in 2008 by
DePauw University. He wrote portions of many books and authored numerous
articles for The Church. On July 18, 1988, in Lincoln, England, he
married Diane Karay who survives. He is also survived by his daughter,
Rachel D'Alessandro (Denis Wilkinson) of Lincoln, England; son, Jonathan
Tripp (Justine Hughes) of Cambridge, England; six grandchildren, Morgan,
Arianne, Chloe, Cai, Saffron and Charley; and a brother, Alan Tripp of
Formby, England. Arrangements are being handled by Haverstock Funeral
Home, Inc., 602 Maple Ave., LaPorte, IN. The family will receive friends
from 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday, December 20, 2007, in the Rolling Prairie
United Methodist Church. Funeral service will be at First United
Methodist Church of LaPorte at 11:00 a.m. Friday, December 21, 2007,
Bishop Michael Coyner, Rev Robert Dexter, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Wainwright
and Rev Michelle Cobb officiating. Cremation will follow the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Black College Fund, General
Board of Higher Education and Ministry, United Methodist Church, P.O.
Box 340007, Nashville, TN 37203-0007 or to the family of Rev. David
Tripp, in care of the Haverstock Funeral Home, 602 Maple Ave., LaPorte,
IN. 46350.
Published in the South Bend Tribune on 12/19/2007.