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15 Jan 1976, 35 - The News at Newspapers.com:
494Ellis B. Karpes, 78, Retired MVD InspectorEllis B. Karpes, 78, of Wall Avenue and Budd Lake, died unexpectedly on Wednesday in Barnert Memorial Hospital.
Born in Brooklyn, Mr. Karpes moved to this area 20 years ago. He was a motor vehicle inspector for 25 years, retiring ten years ago.
Mr. Karpes was an Army veteran of World War I and a Navy Seabee veteran of World War II. His wife, Vilma, died in 1973.
The funeral service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday in the Browning-Forshay Funeral Home, 557 Lafayette Ave., Hawthorne. The interment will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Arnold (Anita) Ricciardi of Paterson; a stepson, Richard Gutches of Wayne; a brother, Dr. Benjamin Karpes of Paterson; a sister, Mrs. Leah Peterson of Pompano Beach, Fla., and five grandchildren.
Donations may be made to a favorite charity.