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January 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Anthony’s RC Church, Butler, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery in Clifton.
Joseph M. Bopp, Sr., age 84 of Passaic, died peacefully on Friday, January 18, 2013.
Joe was born and raised in the Bronx and graduated from Rice High School with the class of 1946. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War and worked as a Meat Inspector for the United States Department of Agriculture. He was a loyal and devoted NY Giants and NY Rangers fan.
One summer day while hanging out on Coney Island with his friends, he came upon some young girls from New Jersey who had been robbed of their money and were sulking on the beach, with no means to get back home. Out of the goodness of his heart, Joe gave them money for the bus fare to Passaic, NJ and asked one of the girls, Elinor Rinkerman, if he could someday come to Passaic to see her again. She obliged and they set a date. Joe was always a man of his word and he showed up in Passaic as planned, but Elinor was nowhere to be found. She assumed he would never show. Joe was determined and went to her house finding Elinor – and he eventually did, much to her dismay. They enjoyed a storybook courtship and were married on August 12, 1950 in Passaic. They lived in Passaic at an apartment briefly and eventually purchased her parents home when her parents passed away and have lived there throughout their entire time together. Their marriage was a special one, filled with love and devotion for more than fifty five years until Elinor passed away in 2005. Joe has missed her terribly since then and often said so. There is solace in knowing they are together once again in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Joe is survived by his three children; Debbie Daly and her husband Matt of Oak Ridge, NJ, Donna Schmitz and her husband Robert of Passaic, and David Bopp of Passaic, two grandchildren; Katie Daly of Oak Ridge, and Alexis Schmitz of Passaic, one brother; James Bopp of Staten Island and one sister; Barbara Schrepel of Yonkers, NY. He was predeceased by his wife Elinor in 2005 and his son Joseph, Jr. in 1992.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joe’s name are asked to consider the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, 200 Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015, www.deborah.org.
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Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Anthony’s RC Church, Butler, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery in Clifton.
January 18, 2013
Services
Friends may visit with the family at the Vander May Wayne Colonial Funeral Home, 567 Ratzer Road, Wayne, on Monday, January 21, 2013 from 2-4 & 7-9 PM.
Funeral Services will be held at 9 AM on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 from the funeral home, then to St. Anthony’s RC Church, Butler, where at 10 AM a Funeral Mass will be offered. Burial will follow at the East Ridgelawn Cemetery in Clifton.
Joseph M. Bopp, Sr., age 84 of Passaic, died peacefully on Friday, January 18, 2013.
Joe was born and raised in the Bronx and graduated from Rice High School with the class of 1946. He served in the Marine Corps during the Korean War and worked as a Meat Inspector for the United States Department of Agriculture. He was a loyal and devoted NY Giants and NY Rangers fan.
One summer day while hanging out on Coney Island with his friends, he came upon some young girls from New Jersey who had been robbed of their money and were sulking on the beach, with no means to get back home. Out of the goodness of his heart, Joe gave them money for the bus fare to Passaic, NJ and asked one of the girls, Elinor Rinkerman, if he could someday come to Passaic to see her again. She obliged and they set a date. Joe was always a man of his word and he showed up in Passaic as planned, but Elinor was nowhere to be found. She assumed he would never show. Joe was determined and went to her house finding Elinor – and he eventually did, much to her dismay. They enjoyed a storybook courtship and were married on August 12, 1950 in Passaic. They lived in Passaic at an apartment briefly and eventually purchased her parents home when her parents passed away and have lived there throughout their entire time together. Their marriage was a special one, filled with love and devotion for more than fifty five years until Elinor passed away in 2005. Joe has missed her terribly since then and often said so. There is solace in knowing they are together once again in the Kingdom of Heaven.
Joe is survived by his three children; Debbie Daly and her husband Matt of Oak Ridge, NJ, Donna Schmitz and her husband Robert of Passaic, and David Bopp of Passaic, two grandchildren; Katie Daly of Oak Ridge, and Alexis Schmitz of Passaic, one brother; James Bopp of Staten Island and one sister; Barbara Schrepel of Yonkers, NY. He was predeceased by his wife Elinor in 2005 and his son Joseph, Jr. in 1992.
Those planning an expression of sympathy in Joe’s name are asked to consider the Deborah Heart and Lung Center, 200 Trenton Road, Browns Mills, NJ 08015, www.deborah.org.
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