Albert P. Lapke

LAPKE Albert P. Lapke, age 86, died peacefully at home on October 6, 2006, and now joins his sweetheart,Veronica A. Lapke in heaven. Born in Bridgeport, Mr. Lapke was a resident of the Lordship section of Stratford for 57 years. After graduating from Bassick High School, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1940 and defended our country in the Pacific, fighting in the Guadalcanal and Guam campaigns with the first Marine Torpedo Bomber Squadron. After WWII, he returned to Bridgeport and began his 39 year career as a funeral director with Lieberum and Hephy Funeral Home. He joined Wilmot, West, and Goulding in 1967 and became vice president and co-owner of the firm in 1979. He retired in 1985 and spent his retirement years enjoying golf, traveling with Veronica, and the company of his loving family. He is survived by his five children, Christine Murphy and her husband, Thomas of Milford, James Lapke and his wife, Trudy of Salisbury, Md., Gerald Lapke and his wife, Janice of Milford, Judith Conroy of Stratford, and John Lapke and his wife, Kathleen of Virginia Beach, Va.; and his 10 grandchildren, Michelle and Thomas Murphy III, James, Michael W., and Christopher Lapke; Daniel and Jacqueline Conroy, Michael S. and his wife, Shalyn, who are expecting his first great-grandchild, Paul, and John; also sister-in-law, Jean Lapke of Bridgeport; and two nephews, Kenneth Lapke and Thomas Lapke. He was predeceased by his brother George J. Lapke. Friends may attend the funeral on Wednesday at 10 A.M. at Our Lady Of Peace Church, Lordship, with a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment with full military honors will be in St. Michael-s Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call Tuesday from 4 to 8 P.M. in the Redgate-Hennessy Funeral Home, Main Street and Gorham Place, Trumbull. In lieu of flowers, those who so desire may contribute in his name to the Our Lady of Peace Sanctuary Fund, 239 Park Boulevard, Stratford, CT.