----Source: Tribune-Record-Gleaner (Clark County, Wis.) 05/15/1991
 

Karnopp, Wilbert (1926 - 1991)

Wilbert Karnopp, 64, a Unity native, died Sunday, May 5, 1991, at Luther Hospital, Menomonie. Funeral services were held Wednesday, May 8, 1991, at Trinity Lutheran Church, Menasha. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery, Appleton.

Wilbert Karnopp was born July 20, 1926, in Unity, to Louis and Emma Karnopp. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Drake. He had been a resident of Menasha for 26 years and then moved to Wild Rose. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, Wild Rose. He was also a member of the Sheet Metal Apprentice Board of the Fox Valley area for more than 10 years. At the time of his death, he was the business manager for Fox River Valley Area Building Trades and also served the Fond du Lac and Oshkosh areas. He served on the Fox Valley Technical College Board for the Appleton and Oshkosh area and was an alternate trustee for the Sheet Metal Health and Welfare Board of the Fox Valley. He was very active with the AFL-CIO at the state level and was business manager of the old Local Sheet Metal No. 33. He was also a business agent for the Roofers of the Fox Valley.

Survivors include his wife, Pricilla (Landskron) Karnopp four daughters, Mrs. Louis (Cheryl) Casamassa, Carl Krause, Mrs. Ray (Cathie) Racette, and Mrs. Ron (Brenda) Gresl, all of Appleton one son, Bruce Karnopp, Neenah four sisters, Mrs. Elda Neumann, Spencer Mrs. Linda Delo, Milwaukee Mrs. Alice Raatz, Colby and Mrs. Esther Pachal, Loyal six grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Clarence.