Richard Weston Stripp

September 10, 1923 - October 9, 2007

Funeral service for Richard Weston Stripp, 84, Bark Circle, DeLand, who died October 9, 2007, at Florida Hospital, DeLand, will be 11 a.m. Saturday, October 13, at the Lankford Funeral Home, DeLand, with the Rev. Merrick Danforth officiating. Calling hours will be from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Stripp was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army with 42 years of service and a veteran of World War II. He was born in Framingham, Mass., and moved to this area in 1988 from Virginia. He graduated from Northeastern University, Boston, Mass., and was retired as a plant manager for Technicon. He was a member of the American Legion, the Retired Officer's Association and the St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, DeLand.

Survivors include his wife, Barbara Stripp; sons, Brian F. Stripp, Chelmsford, Mass., Douglas W. Stripp, Eppling, N.H., Richard Ordway, Ocala, David Ordway, Anchorage, Alaska, and John S. Bryant, Stephen City, Va.; daughter, Linda Mercier, Deltona; sister, Elizabeth Berneri, Middleton, R.I.; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1620 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Suite 300, Daytona Beach, FL 32119. We invite you to sign the Guest Book maintained by the Daytona Beach News Journal.