Josephine E. Gopp

JOSEPHINE E. GOPP, 74, of New Philadelphia, died Wednesday, June 5, 2002 at Union Hospital in Dover. Jo was born July 8, 1927 in New Philadelphia, a daughter of the late Raffelle F. and Maria Pasquinelli Basiletti and was a 1945 graduate of New Philadelphia High School. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church and it’s Senior Citizens’ group, and was formerly a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. Jo was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Gopp, in 1966. She is survived by two sons, Robert A. (Esther) Gopp and Steven W. (Karen) Gopp, both of Tucson, AZ; three grandchildren, Aaron Gopp, Meaghan Gopp and Alissa Jo Gopp; two great-grandchildren, Kelsee Renee Gopp and Aaron Gopp, Jr.; sister, Annie Chini of Leesburg, FL. In addition to her parents and husband, Jo was preceded in death by two sisters, Elvira Kappler and Catherine Basiletti and her brother, John Basiletti. Calling hours will be in the Linn-Hert-Geib Funeral Home in New Philadelphia on Friday, June 7, 2002 from 5:00 to 8:00 PM with a Christian Wake service at 7:30 PM. The funeral mass will be Saturday, June 8, 2002 at 10:30 AM in Sacred Heart Church. Burial will follow at Calvary Cemetery, New Philadelphia.