 |
| John, 1956 |
John Conrad Tapscott
26 November 1950 - 29 July 2016
John Conrad (“Tapper”) Tapscott passed away at JFK Medical
Center, Edison, New Jersey, Friday morning, 29 July 2016.
Born 26 November 1950 in Terre Haute, Indiana, to
Glenn and Mary Emaline Tapscott, John grew up in Denver, Colorado, where his
family moved while he was still a baby. There, when less than two years old, he lost his father and was raised by his widowed mother and his five
older brothers and sisters.
 |
| Wedding photo, 29 May 1971 |
From 1968 to 1971, John served with the U.S. Army, in Berlin
and in Viet Nam. On 29 May 1971, he married Victoria (“Vicki”) Angela Maria
Pytell in South Amboy, New Jersey. John and Vicki spent their married lives in
New Jersey, where John received BS degrees in Computer Science and in Social
Cultural Anthropology from Lawrence College, Rutgers University and worked as a
computer analyst. John spent the last ten years of his life living alone, Vicki
having passed away 8 Sep 2006, but had an enormous number of friends in the VFW, Moose Lodge, Elks, and American Legion and he remained close to Vicki’s family. Her sister,
Kathy, and brother-in-law, Bob McGovern, looked after him during his final
days.
John is survived by two brothers, Bob (Mary Frances) of
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Bill (Nyla) of Corpus Christi, Texas; by two
sisters, Mary Anne McKenzie (Russ) of Lakewood, Colorado, and Margaret Jacot of
Westminster, Colorado; by sisters-in-law Elizabeth Tapscott and Kathy (Bob)
McGovern of Old Bridge, New Jersey; and by a number of nieces, nephews, great nieces, and great nephews.
In addition to his wife, Vicki, he was predeceased by his parents and a
brother, Jim.
Services were held Wed 3 Aug 2016 at McCriskin-Gustafson Home for Funerals in South Plainfield, New Jersey. On Fri 5 Aug 2016, John's ashes were interred with Vicki's at Holy Cross Burial Park and Mausoleum, East Brunswick.
John was a Wabash Valley Tapscott, a great great grandson of Henry the Traveler of Clark County, Illinois.
No comments:
Post a Comment
To directly contact the author, email retapscott@comcast.net