Frances Rossi Triplett

FRANCES ROSSI TRIPLETT, age 71 years, a resident of Elkins, WV, departed this life Saturday evening, May 27, 2006 at her home, following a long battle with cancer. She was born Saturday, November 24, 1934 at Coalton, WV, a daughter of the late Emedio Rossi and Agatha Soccoccia Rossi. On May 5, 1956 at Saint Patricks Catholic Church at Coalton, WV, she was married to George Raphael Triplett Sr., who survives. Also surviving are three sons, Dr. George Raphael Triplett, Jr. and wife Mary Ann Sellers Triplett, Lexington, VA; Charles Emedio Triplett and wife Robin Queen Triplett, Buckhannon; Jefferson Lee Triplett and wife Silvia Boyero Triplett, Elkins; one brother, Lawrence Rossi and wife Kathryn, Elkins; one sister, Edith Rossi DiBacco, Thomas and four grandchildren, George Andrew, Robert Charles, Sofia Frances and Alexandra Lee Triplett. Preceding her in death besides her parents are four brothers, Julie, John, Guido and Carmen L. Rossi, and three sisters, Anna Veronica Rossi Pase, Mary Rossi DiBacco and Antoinette Elizabeth Rossi Colabrese. Frances was a graduate of Coalton High School with the Class of 1952, where she was an award-winning cheerleader during the basketball tournaments of that time. She was a graduate of the Davis Memorial Hospital School of Nursing with the Class of 1955 and the Fairmont General Hospital School of Nurse Anesthesia with the Class of 1968. She practiced as a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist at Fairmont General Hospital, Pocahontas Memorial Hospital, Memorial General Hospital, Davis Memorial Hospital and retired in 2003 from Saint Joseph?s Hospital at Buckhannon. The family will receive friends at the Lohr & Barb Funeral Home of Elkins from 5 to 9 PM, Wednesday. On Wednesday, at 8 PM, at the funeral home, a prayer will be recited by the Reverend Father John Vincent DiBacco. On Thursday morning, Mrs. Triplett will be moved to the Saint Brendan Catholic Church, where the Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 AM. The Reverend Father John Vincent DiBacco will be the Presider and interment will follow at the Maplewood Cemetery at Elkins, WV. The Lohr & Barb Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements for FRANCES ROSSI TRIPLETT. Condolences may be expressed to the family at: www.lohrbarbfuneralhome.com