Joseph V. Kuprewicz, 77, of Whitehall, died Aug. 18, 2023. He was the husband of the late Marie E. (Toth) Kuprewicz for 41 years.

Born in Landstuhl, Germany, he was a son of the late Wiktor and Helen (Zukowski) Kuprewicz. He grew up in Porto Alegre, Brazil. He immigrated to the United States in 1963.

He was an Allentown Central Catholic High School graduate. He spoke fluent Polish, Portugese and English.

He was in the fourth U.S. Army Medical Lab Corps during the Vietnam era.

He was an extrusion mechanic at B. Braun for 15 years until he retired in 2011. He was a master mechanic at the former Montex Textiles. He was a lab chemist at Lehigh Valley Laboratories.

He was raised in the Roman Catholic faith.

He is survived by a daughter, Sonia M. Trump and her husband Michael of Whitehall and Victoria M. Kuprewicz of Catasauqua; three grandchildren, Ethyn Vakoc and Elizabeth and Meredith Trump; and extended family.

He was predeceased by a sister, Regina Maria Brown.

Contributions may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 W. 44th St., Suite 609, New York, N.Y. 10036 or at bcrf.org; or to the Lehigh Valley Humane Society, 640 Dixon St., Allentown, 18103 or at lehighvalleyhumanesociety.org.

Arrangements were made by Gilbert Funeral Home Inc., Whitehall.