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30 Apr 1973, 31 - The News at Newspapers.com:
501Mrs. Vilma P. Karpes, Operated Road StandBUDD LAKE — Mrs. Vilma P. Karpes, 71, of Route 46, died Friday at Dover General Hospital after a short illness.
Born in New Brunswick, she lived in the Paterson-Garfield area for many years before moving to the lake area in 1958.
Mrs. Karpes owned and operated a road stand on Route 46 for many years. She was a member of the Gold Star Mothers and the American Legion Auxiliary of Netcong.
The funeral will be at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday from the Feeney Funeral Home, 385 Park Ave., Paterson, followed by a 10 a.m. Mass of the Resurrection in St. Therese’s R.C. Church, Paterson. The interment will be in Calvary Cemetery, Paterson.
She leaves her husband, Ellis B.; a son, Richard H Gutches of Wayne; two brothers, Stephen Theodore Poch of Rochelle Park and Alex Poch of Englewood, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Silas of Bloomingdale, Ohio, and Mrs Elizabeth Chillog of St. Clairville Ohio, and five grandchildren.
A son, Ralph, was killed in action during World War II.