Eva Adelia Kay Tripp was a Charter Member of the Juneau Igloo Women's Auxiliary No. 6 of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She was born on December 15, 1862, in Jackson, California, to Wallace Kay and Electra Jan “Harding” Kay.

Eva married Herman Tiden Tripp on April 23, 1889, in Jackson, California. The couple had several children. Their daughter Ethel May Tripp was born August 1, 1890, in Jackson, California. Chester Kay Tripp was born in March 1893, and Gladys Kay Tripp was born on January 21, 1896.

The family moved from Jackson, California, to Juneau, Alaska, in July 1897. By 1900, Herman Tripp was serving as the mine superintendent at Sum Dum, one of the early mining communities southeast of Juneau. Their daughter Eva Kay Tripp was later born in Juneau in December 1904.

Eva Adelia Kay Tripp remained active in the Juneau community and was among the women who helped establish the Juneau Igloo Women’s Auxiliary of the Pioneers of Alaska.

She died on January 27, 1942, in Juneau, Alaska, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.

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1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940 U.S. Federal Census, Juneau, Alaska
California Marriage Certificate