Anita Gaugler Hebert Tripp

LINCOLN – Anita Gaugler Hebert Tripp, 75, of Lincoln, passed away on May 29, 2024, due to a stroke and a long battle with vascular dementia. Anita was born in Jonesport, on Feb. 26, 1949. Anita attended Woodstock High School and graduated class of 1967.

As a young teenager she met what would be her future spouse Alfred (Butch) A. Hebert Jr. They were married in 1967 and went on to raise six children. They had 35 years together. Butch passed away due to cancer in 2002.

In 2009, Anita rekindled a friendship with an old friend, Luther “Bo” Tripp. This friendship bloomed into love, they got married in 2010 and created a wonderful life that they truly enjoyed together. Bo lovingly took care of Anita after her first stroke in 2018 up until her second stroke in 2020, when she needed extra care and went into a nursing home.

Anita loved cooking and looking at cookbooks. She loved flowers and gardening. Most of all she loved her family and spending time with them.

Anita was predeceased by her father and mother, John and Gertrude (Beal) Gaugler. She is survived by her husband Bo Tripp and her six children, Anthony Hebert of Effingham, N.H., Gina Goodwin of Tuftonboro, N.H., Loren Hebert of Rochester, N.H., Stacy Hebert, of Rochester, N.H., Aaron Hebert and his wife, Rikki of Lebanon, and Kari Emmons and her husband Bruce of Sanford. She also had four stepchildren that she loved as if they were her own, Carolyn Kettle and her husband Bill of Lincoln, Melissa Laliberty and her husband Bryan of South China, April Wilkie of Fairfield and Luther Tripp III and his partner Connie Graft of Lincoln Anita also adored her 17 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She is also survived by her siblings, Linda Record and her husband, Richard of S. Paris, Betty Deegan, and her husband, Henry of Cape Elizabeth, and Kurtz Gaugler and his wife Julita of Titusville, Fla.

There will be a Celebration of Life with family and close friends at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, please take your mom or a loved one out to lunch and tell them how much they mean to you.