Walter P. Gipprich, 95, passed away on Wednesday April 18th in his Wyomissing residence. His wife, Patricia M. (Goheen) Gipprich, died on February 13, 2014. They celebrated 67 years of marriage. Born in Lancaster, he was the only child of the late Walter J. and Rosalia (Otto) Gipprich. He graduated from Mt. Penn High School and Albright College where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1947. Walter retired as a U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel. He owned and operated Gipprich Jewelers in Shillington for 30 years, retiring in 1990 at which time two of his children continued the family business.

Walter was a member of St. Ignatius Loyola Roman Catholic Church, Whitfield.

He is survived by eight children: Philip A. (Cindy), Mohnton, Peter M. (Maureen), Exeter Township, Richard G. (Ashley), Wyomissing, Mary Catherine, (widow of Ronald Yeager) Whitfield, Ann P. (Dennis) Stufflet, West Lawn, Abigail L. (Mark) Hunsberger, Shippenville, Amy E. Gipprich, Ephrata, and Margaret M. (John) Woodward, Wyomissing. He is also survived by two daughters-in-law, Tacy Gipprich, Shillington, and Donna Gipprich, Pottstown as well as twenty grandchildren and nineteen great-grandchildren.

Walter was predeceased by four sons: Walter B. Gipprich, Gregory O. Gipprich, Timothy L. Gipprich, and Dennis C. Gipprich.

The Gipprich family would like to express their great appreciation to his compassionate caregivers, Nancy Gaughan, Liz Rovira, Maria Modesto, Sally Gallen, Elainea Weitzel, and Audrey McKinney. They would also like to thank the faithful Eucharist Ministers from St. Ignatius.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday April 23rd at 10:00 a.m. at St. Ignatius Church, 2810 St. Albans Drive, Sinking Spring, PA 19608, with entombment to follow at Gethsemane Mausoleum. Friends may call Monday from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the church. Contributions may be made to St. Ignatius Church, at the above address.

Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhomes.com