Mary E. Tribble, age 88 of Clinton, Missouri passed away March 1, 2008 at her home near Ladue, Missouri. Funeral services will be 10:30 A.M., Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Englewood Cemetery, Clinton. Family will receive friends from 10:00-10:30 A.M. Tuesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Twin Lakes Hospice and may be left at the funeral home.

Mary was born December 2, 1919, the daughter of Raymond and Lena Batschelett Tribble. She was lovingly cared for by her sisters, Grace Higgins, Wilma Tuttle, Jackie Briggs and Dixie Woirhaye and her brother, Ernest "Pete" Tribble. She had polio as a young child but didn't let that stop her. She "walked" on crutches until later in life when she had to use a wheel chair. She loved her family, friends and neighbors, keeping in touch with everyone by telephone. She loved to watch the birds at her feeders, flowers and dogs. Mary was a seamstress for many years and always enjoyed having people come and visit with her.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Roy Tribble and Carl Tribble and a nephew, Dale Higgins.

She is survived by four sisters, Grace Higgins of Deepwater, Wilma Tuttle, Jackie Briggs and Dixie Woirhaye, all of Clinton and one brother, Ernest "Pete" Tribble of Clinton as well as eleven nieces and nephews.