January 26 1950 April 28 2020
Robert George “Bob” Hopp, 70, passed away Tuesday morning, April 28, 2020 at the NJ Veterans Home in Paramus. Born in Newark, Bob was raised in Bloomfield and lived in Montville Township for over 40 years. Bob served two and a half tours as a Navy Seal with the United States Navy during the Vietnam War before receiving a purple heart for an abdominal injury and being honorably discharged. He was a foreman and machine operator with Catanzaro Demolition for 25 years before semi-retiring 10 years ago. Bob was a longtime member of St. Pius X R.C. Church in Montville where he was active with the Knights of Columbus Council and earned his 4th Degree. He was also a member of American Legion Post 279 of Lincoln Park, a volunteer fire fighter with the Montville Fire Department, and the unofficial “team chef” of the Montville High School Football Team while his son played. He is survived by his loving wife, Florence (Brania) and their son JJ Brania-Hopp of Montville. As well as John Ventres of Rockaway; and two grandchildren, Alexander and Presley. He was preceded in death by a brother, John Hopp Jr. In the interest of public health, all services will be private. A Memorial Mass and celebration of Bob’s life will be scheduled in the future. In lieu of flowers, the family would be grateful for memorial gifts to the St. Pius X Knights of Columbus. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of ROBERT G. HOPP please visit our Sympathy Store.
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of ROBERT G HOPP January 26 1950 April 28 2020.
Death notice for the town of: Lake Hiawatha, state: New Jersey
Condolances
But I see several mistakes on this obituarie.
Firstly JJ (Brania) Hopp was not Bobs biological son only his step son with possibly a name change. And John Ventres is Bobs biological son with just a legal name change.
Additionally Bob never served 2.5 tours in Vietnam first of all he didnt go in the Navy until 1969 when he was 19 and completed boot camp and then when the war was over and all troops were pulled out it was in 1973. So he only served 1 tour 4 years not 10 yrs.
Additionally he never ever had a Navy abdomon wound, and was never given a Purple Heart. His job in the Navy was a rigging and ammo crew his Navy injury was the replacement of 6 inches of his low back from a fall down a ladder on board ship after an ammo explosion the injury accured from the impact on the metal stair well and steel ship floor after falling 30 ft from that explosion. As to the abdomin injury it was not anything to do with a Navy injury, but the result of a demestic fight were he was beating his wife in a domestic rage, while she was holding their son (John) protecting him from his blows and he was stabbed in an attempt to get him off of the wife and child.