Louis V. Aprea

Louis V. Aprea of DuBois Lane, Rifton died Friday, November 13, 2009 at the Thompson House, Rhinebeck. He was 83. He was born in Brooklyn on February 7, 1926, a son of the late Raphael and Angelina Vespoli Aprea. Mr. Aprea served in the US Navy from 1943 - 1945 and the US Marine Corps from 1948 - 1951. With the rank of Gunnery Sergeant, he was then assigned to the Marine Corps Reserve. Mr. Aprea worked at I.B.M., Ferroxcube and Micronetics. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus in Arizona, a parishioner of St. Peter's Church in Rosendale and the Sacred Heart Chapel in Round Top. Surviving are his wife, Rose Marino Aprea; three sons, Gerard and his wife Michelle of Roundtop; Pascal and his wife Colleen of Wendell, NC and John and his wife Julie of Walden; three daughters, Anne Roosa of Acra, Angela Aprea of New Paltz and Mary Sauer and her husband Joe of Saugerties, one sister Marie DeRosa of Manorville; three brothers Ralph and Henry Aprea, both of Manorville and Melchoir Aprea of Stony Brook; 23 grand children, 5 great grand children, many nieces and nephews. One daughter Louise Aprea - Formanek died in 2001; one grandson, 13 brothers and sisters died previously. Reposing at the Simpson - Gaus Funeral Home, 411 Albany Ave. on Tuesday from 2:00 - 6:00 p.m. The funeral procession will form on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. A Requiem Mass will be offered at St. Joseph's Noviate, Round Top at 11:00 a.m. Interment will follow in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Round Top. Memorial Masses may be arranged at St. Joseph's Novitiate Chapel, POB 205, Round Top, NY 12473.