

He had many achievements throughout his life--the greatest of which was his vocation as a loving husband and father of seven children. O.L., known by his family as 'Big Guy,' is survived by his wife, Diane Weisbruch Trippe; children and their spouses: Tavo and Alana, Bill and Wendy, Karl and Robyn, Diane, Jim and Claudia, Greg, Cindy; and 14 grandchildren: Courtney, Anelise, Kaelin, Glorianne, Katrielle, Brian, Christopher, Jacob, Rachel, Jessica, Rebecca, Hannah, Gregory and Justin; his mother, Lucinda A. Rood; his mother-in-law, Alyce M. Weisbruch; his sisters, Lucinda T. Rood and Gloria T. Grainge; his uncle, Ferdinand F. de Arredondo, Lt. Col., USA, Ret.; his 'Bubba', Jesse Garza.
He was preceded in death by his father, Octavio L. Trippe, and his father-in-law, Wm F. Weisbruch.
O.L. was born in San Antonio in 1940. He attended Central Catholic Marianist High School, Class of 1957; earned his BS in Biology at St. Mary's University in 1961, and went on to complete his MBA at the University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
He was a proud member of Holy Spirit Catholic Parish, where he served as the Chairman of the Planning and Building Committee for 20 years.
He served the San Antonio Catholic Archdiocesan School Board as a member and President and was subsequently elected to the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Education Association.
He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 786. In 1993, he received the Outstanding Catholic Leadership Award for the San Antonio Archdiocese.
His professional career spanned 42 years beginning with the Service of his country in the Army in 1961 as a commissioned officer, ending as a Senior Information Technology Executive in the public sector developing his career working for Republic National Bank, Dallas, TX; Tesoro Petroleum Corporation, San Antonio, TX; SASA, San Antonio, TX; First Gibraltar Bank, San Antonio, TX; owner, QIV Systems Inc., San Antonio, TX; CornerStone Systems Inc., Irvine, CA.
In his personal life, he enjoyed fishing, hunting and soccer. He was a select member of the Fishing Coyotes. He devoted much of his spare time to coaching soccer and to supporting sports programs with Holy Spirit CYO, Springboks and XLR8 Clubs, Central Catholic, Incarnate Word and Winston Churchill High Schools.
We would like to acknowledge the excellent care he received from Dr. Pamela New, Dr. Uncle Chris Bogaev, Ron Waller, Methodist Hospital ICU and Neuro staffs, University Hospital, Nix and Warm Springs Rehabilitation Centers, and VistaCare Hospice.
The family requests memorial contributions be made to the O.L. Trippe/Central Catholic High School Memorial Scholarship Fund, 210-226-7166; the South Texas Brain Tumor Foundation, 210-670-0204; or the Holy Spirit School Endowment Fund, 210-349-1169.
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