Joseph P. Knipper

Knipper, Joseph P.
Monroe Township, NJ / Sarasota, FL: Formerly of New Providence and Colts Neck, NJ, died August 26, 2008 at his home in Rossmoor, Monroe Twp. He was 79. Mr. Knipper received a BS in Chemistry from Niagara University in 1951 and served on active duty in Germany and the States as a Lieutenant in the US Army from 1952 - 1954. He received his Masters in Chemistry from Canisius College in 1956.
From 1968 to 1986 he was Vice President of H. Clay Glover Company in Toms River, NJ. In 1987 he began his own company, J. Knipper & Company, which is still based in Lakewood NJ. Throughout his life, Mr. Knipper was extremely active in volunteering his time to church and youth organizations. He was the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award from the Kiwanis Club, Distinguished Alumnus Award from Niagara University, Man of the Year Award from the Kidney & Urology Foundation of America and a recipient of the prestigious Silver Beaver Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Since his retirement in 2002, he had continued to be a valuable resource volunteering his time within his community, Rossmoor, where he served as president of that village for four years. In addition to those duties he served on the boards of many other charitable organizations, and was Chairman of the Board of Preferred Behavioral Health in Brick, NJ and a member of the Board of Trustees of Georgian Court University, Lakewood, NJ.
Mr. Knipper was predeceased by a son, Joseph L. Knipper and his wife, Jean Sullivan Knipper. He is survived by his wife, Marjorie (Gilbert) Knipper of Rossmoor, Monroe Twp.; three sons, Joseph G. Knipper of Howell, Patrick Knipper of Chesterfield, MO and James Knipper of Princeton and Cape May; a daughter Mary Jo McKinley of West Long Branch; seven grandsons, Timothy, Jeffery, Jonathan, Peter, Jacob, Hunter McKinley and Chris McKinley and six granddaughters, Jaimie Maines, MD, Melissa , Jessica, Heather, Casey and Christina.
A Funeral Mass will be held Saturday, 11:00 AM at the Sisters of St. Joseph Motherhouse, 150 French Rd., Pittsford. Interment at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery. Since education was so important to Mr. Knipper, in lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to The Joseph and Jean Knipper Scholarship at St. Paul School, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton N.J. 08540 or in his name to the Friends of Academy Charter High School, at 1725 Main Street, Lake Como, NJ 07719, where his daughter is the Director. The story of his battle with brain cancer and the thoughts and prayers of those who knew him can be found at :
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