GANSEVOORT — Joseph R. Lupo, 69, of Pettis Road, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Glens Falls Hospital.
Born April 3, 1944, in Troy, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Lupo McLaren.
Joe grew up and was educated in Stillwater.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabees, serving with USN MCB-4, Joe saw duty at Guantanamo and was a part of the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade in the early 1960s.
After military service, Joe was a truck driver for 33 years, for ABF Freight Systems and earlier for Freihofer Baking Co.
A former fire chief and member of Halfmoon Volunteer Fire Department, Joe was a sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, loved art and comedy, and was always ready with a joke or jest.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 1644, Riverside.
Burial with military honors will follow at St. Paul's Cemetery.
GANSEVOORT — Joseph R. Lupo, 69, of Pettis Road, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Glens Falls Hospital.
Born April 3, 1944, in Troy, he was the son of the late Joseph and Mary Lupo McLaren.
Joe grew up and was educated in Stillwater.
A veteran of the U.S. Navy Seabees, serving with USN MCB-4, Joe saw duty at Guantanamo and was a part of the Cuban Missile Crisis blockade in the early 1960s.
After military service, Joe was a truck driver for 33 years, for ABF Freight Systems and earlier for Freihofer Baking Co.
A former fire chief and member of Halfmoon Volunteer Fire Department, Joe was a sportsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing, loved art and comedy, and was always ready with a joke or jest.
He was a member of American Legion Post No. 1644, Riverside.
Burial with military honors will follow at St. Paul's Cemetery.
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