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1927
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2020
Howard Tepper Obituary
Greenville - Mr. Howard Franklin Tepper, 92, passed away on Saturday August 8, 2020 in his home in Greenville, NC.
Services will be held at a later date.
Mr. Tepper, a native of Manhattan, NY, born December 13, 1927, graduated from Stuyvesant High School, and entered into NYU Engineering School majoring in Aeronautics. Before graduation he joined the Army and spent several years in South Korea in the Twenty-Fourth Corps, just as WWII ended and 4 years before the full-fledged Korean Conflict began. He worked as an Aircraft and Engine Mechanic on small, single artillery spotters, and medical transports. After serving in the Army he returned to school and received his Aeronautical Engineering Degree. He later worked with Curtiss-Wright Aeronautics doing Jet Engine Testing, General Precision Labs as a design engineer and then completing the bulk of his career with IBM, retiring after 28 years as a Senior Engineer in semi-conductor packaging.
Howy was an avid sailor and enjoyed the waters of Lake Champlain in Vermont on his sailboat "Her Nibs". After retirement, he cruised the Intercoastal Waterway, the Chesapeake and the Bahamas. He was a life-long learner with an open mind, and enjoyed reading, art, theater, photography, ham radio, and politics.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Frances Goodstein.
He is survived by his: wife, of 32 years, Christine Tepper; sons, Richard Tepper and wife, Celina, of Portugal and Ronald Tepper of Pittsburgh; step-son, Ryan Danell and wife, Allison, of Greenville; grandchildren, Claire Tepper of Switzerland and Stokes and Parker Danell of Greenville.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made by filling out an organ donor card or making a donation to the Pitt County Democratic Party (www.pittcountydems.com or your local Democratic Party.
Arrangements by Wilkerson Funeral Home & Crematory.
Online condolences at www.wilkersonfuneralhome.com
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Gerard
August 22, 2020
I knew you, Howard, for such a short slice of your long and distinguished life through your niece, Debbie. Knowing you creates an instant memory and a constant inspiration and challenge to be better than I am. You will live on in those you have touched.
Patti and Brec Norton
August 14, 2020
Chris,
We are so very sorry to read of Howy’s passing and are thinking of you and your family at this very sad time.
Patti and Brec Norton
Essex, Vermont.
Anthony Kennedy
August 14, 2020
Howy was such a kind, caring and unique individual. I feel lucky to have known him. Our sympathies are with all of his family. He will be greatly missed.
August 13, 2020
It was with sadness that I recently received notification of your husband and our valued alumnus Howard's passing. I am writing to extend my deepest sympathy on behalf of the New York University Tandon School of Engineering and the Polytechnic Alumni Association.
He will be missed by all those whose lives he touched. Again, please accept my condolences to you and your family during this difficult time.
Sincerely,
Jelena Kovaevi
William R. Berkley Professor and Dean at NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Alise Rowan
August 12, 2020
My sympathies are with you, Christine. Wishing you peace.
Cindy Elmore
August 11, 2020
I'm so very sorry to hear this news. I didn't know Howy well or for long, but he was always such a sharp and sweet, sweet man.
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