Contributions to the tribute of Nancy Tripp Wilson

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Thursday, March 18, 2021

I am just now receiving this news. I'm so sorry for the loss of Nancy. Your family was a foster family to me for several months when I was a senior in high school, and continued to be part of my life even until my boys were in elementary school. Michael and Jeffrey remember playing with the kids, and learning how to skateboard because they shared roller skates that became skateboards when reassembled with two by fours. In the few months that I lived with your sweet family, I learned so much. Several other young people were able to share your home and learn from all of you, and especially from Nancy. She was a loving, giving, teaching, sharing lady, and we are all indebted to her.

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Barbara Nelsen posted a condolence

Sunday, February 7, 2021

I met Nancy (otherwise known to me as Andrea's Mom) when I was ten years old. As a kid, I am sure I had no idea what Nancy, the person, was about. But as the years passed (48!) and I became an adult I found so many things about "Andrea's Mom" not just interesting but impressive. She and Vik were always traveling to new places, meeting new people, and trying new things. From biking trips to dragon boat races and winters in Mexico. The model she showed for life after the kids leave home is one I aspire to. In my memory, the Wilson home was full of books, discussions, and usually a dog or two. In my memory, the Wilson's Mom will always be an inspiration. I am so sorry for the loss of your mother, grandmother, and wife. I am so happy I had all of these years to get to know her. Love to you all, Barbara Nelsen

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Erika Gwilt posted a condolence

Friday, February 5, 2021

I want to add a memory of the Park Lake cabin of which Mom was so fond. Dad built the cabin in the 1960s, and it has been an oasis for the family ever since. Peaceful and beautiful, and the site of many family adventures (as Marta says, "they would send us out in the morning with a jacknife, an apple and a whistle in case anyone fell in the creek."). Wonderful cabin neighbors who became family, card games and some-mores and canoeing to the Bible Camp at the other end of the lake. Reading on the porch (or in the hammock, or on the top bunk/cupboard bed, or in the bunkhouse - reading anywhere actually). Fires in the franklin stove. Frogs peeping from the swampy area by the drive. Shadows playing over the road. Horseshoes in the only area that was "mowed." Grossi's handwriting on the kitchen note "Complaints about the cooking may be injurious to the health of the complainer." The smell of woodsmoke and Off and wet leaves. Blueberry pancakes with fresh blueberries from down the road. Milkweed buds with butter and salt. Cries of "Potamogeton Crispus" as a sibling (or maybe Dad) flung lake weed at you while swimming. So many happy memories and all with Mom at the center.

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Michele posted a condolence

Thursday, February 4, 2021

It is with such sadness that I learn of Nancy's passing. As one of the Coffee Ladies, I have greatly enjoyed gathering with Nancy, sharing stories and ideas. With the arrival of the pandemic, it seemed that forces conspired to keep us all apart - and that somehow with the arrival of Spring we would all be able to gather again. It is difficult to imagine that Nancy's smile and presence will no longer be among us. Her devotion to and love of her family were evident in all that she said. She will be sorely missed. My heartfelt condolences to Vik and the family.

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amy schilling posted a condolence

Thursday, February 4, 2021

What a beautiful, inspiring life she lived, who, no doubt, touched countless lives. Much love to all of her loved ones.

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

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Thursday, February 4, 2021

Nancy Tripp Wilson

1936 - 2021

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Nancy Tripp Wilson

1936 - 2021

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