Linda Rose (Carotenuto) Tripp (1949 - 2020)

Born 24 Nov 1949 in Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States

Wife of Bruce Michael Tripp — married Oct 1971 in Hanover Township, Morris, New Jersey, United States

Died 8 Apr 2020 at age 70 in Virginia, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Linda (Carotenuto) Tripp is Notable.

Family

Ms. Tripp graduated from high school in East Hanover, N.J., and went to work as a secretary in Army Intelligence at Fort Meade, Md. In 1971 she married Bruce Tripp, a military officer. In a 2003 interview, she described herself as “a suburban mom who was a military wife for 20 years.” The couple divorced in 1990.

Ms. Tripp married Dieter Rausch, a German architect, in 2004. In later years she worked with him in his family’s retail store, the Christmas Sleigh, in Middleburg, Va., a Washington suburb.

In addition to Mr. Rausch, her survivors include a son, Ryan Tripp, and a daughter, Allison Tripp Foley.

White House Work

After her divorce, she worked in the secretarial pool in the Bush White House. She continued to work in the Clinton White House in 1993, Tripp found the atmosphere exciting, but uncomfortably loose, especially after the Vincent Foster suicide. This upset her greatly, since on the day of his death she had brought him a hamburger and some M&M candies. He offered to share them with her just before he drove to Fort Marcy Park, (which is just outside Washington) and ended his life. None of this made sense to her, and it continued to haunt her.

Sources

• Shane, Scott; " Tripp presents mixed picture Some familiars call her upright, others intimidating." The Baltimore Sun, Jan 26, 1998.
• Gates, Anita and Seelye, Katharine Q.; "Linda Tripp, Key Figure in Clinton Impeachment, Dies at 70." New York Times. April 8, 2020.

See also:

• Wikipedia: Linda Tripp
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 April 2020), memorial page for Linda Rose Tripp (24 Nov 1949–8 Apr 2020), Find A Grave: Memorial #208849597, citing Leech Cemetery, Danvers, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Sandra Royers-Scheve (contributor 46813832) .