PORTLAND – Debra (Grover) Tripp, 53, of Harrison, died Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Maine Medical Center.

She was born on Nov. 22, 1954, to John and Joan Grover of Albany Township. She attended school at Stoneham and Fryeburg Academy and graduated from Fryeburg Academy in 1973.

She worked for Stephens Memorial Hospital for more than 28 years. She loved racing and also her cats and flowers. She married Alan Tripp on Oct. 24, 1981.

Deb is survived by her husband, Alan of Harrison; her parents, John and Joan Grover of Albany Township; sister, Deidra Brown and her husband, Levi, nephew, Lance Brown and niece, Kallie Brown, all of Bethel; sister-in-law, Debbie Drew and family of Litchfield, N.H.; and special friend, Bobbi Strout.