Dorothy "Dottie" Tripp Soisson, 84, formerly of Butler and Penn Hills, died at 8:20 a.m. Friday at The Grand Residence in Upper St. Clair, Pittsburgh.

Born Feb. 26, 1925, in Bel Haven, N.C., she was the daughter of the late Henry Tripp and Sarah Jenkins Tripp.

Mrs. Soisson was a homemaker. She belonged to the Meridian Women's Club, the Eastern Star and the Red Hat Society.

Her interests included gardening, reading, playing bridge and music, and she played the piano and the organ. She loved to travel and she loved her pug dogs.

She was a member of the Oak Hills Christian Church.

Mrs. Soisson is survived by her four daughters, Jean Seitzer of Northumberland, Pa., Joyce Stanley of Pittsburgh, Rebecca Friedrich and her husband, William, of Pittsburgh and Mari Abbott and her husband, Kevin, of Pittsburgh; five granddaughters, Jennifer Milstead, Marianne Toussaint, Rachel Abbott, Emily Friedrich and Ellen Abbott; three grandsons, Joshua Seitzer, Jared Seitzer and Neil Friedrich; a great-grandson, Elliott David Milstead; one niece, Linda Peele Peaden; three nephews, Bonner Mayo Smith, Peter Trippe and Paul Trippe; and one brother, Dwight Trippe of Hattiesburg, Miss.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Soisson was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years, Roger Soisson, who passed March 10, 2007; two sisters, Joyce Peele and Christine Smith; and her granddaughter, Janacyn Seltzer.

<B>SOISSON</B> — Friends of Dorothy "Dottie" Tripp Soisson, who died Friday, Aug. 28, 2009, will be received from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday and from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the <B>Thompson-Miller Funeral Home</B>, 124 E. North St. Services will be at noon Monday at the funeral home with the Rev. Phillip Conyers Jr. of Oak Hills Christian Church officiating. Entombment will follow in the Chapel of Devotion Mausoleum at Butler County Memorial Park.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Medi Home Hospice, 103 Rhoda Ave., Leechburg, PA 15656.Information and a private guest book are available at www.thompson-miller.com.