Mrs. Frances Gripe, 63, of Dearborn, Mich., died Easter Sunday.
    Born in Delphi, April 18, 1910, she was the daughter of Willard and Lula Baker Reed.  A 1928 graduate of Delphi High School, she left Delphi in 1953 and was employed as a legal secretary in Detroit where she had been for a number of years.
  Surviving are two sons, Roland Gripe of Dearborn and William Gripe of Huntsville, Alabama; two sisters, Mrs. Rachel Allair of Mich., and Mrs. May Townsend of Dearborn.  Two brothers and a sister, Ross and Carl Redd and Mrs. Ruth Reed Miller preceded her in death.
  Memorial services were held at United Presbyterian Church in Dearborn, Wednesday evening.  Cremation will follow with interment in Huntsville, Alabama.
 
Obituary notice taken from the Journal-Citizen, Thursday, April 26, 1973