John Lippert
A funeral service was held January 31, 2016 for Joseph John Lippert Jr. at the Heritage Funeral Centre on Overlea Blvd. He died on January 28 in his 90th year. Mr. Lippert was the founder of the Lippert Music Centre at 970 Pape Avenue and was known to generations of East York children and their parents as a kind instructor of great talent. The service in his memory featured music of the harp, cello and his personal instrument the accordion. Mr. Lippert founded his music instruction business in 1957 after studying music at what was then the Ontario Teachers College on Carlaw Ave. The music centre is now run by his daughter, Charleen Beard. The well-attended service saw friends and former students present as well as local representatives MPP Peter Tabuns (Toronto-Danforth) and Councillor Mary Fragedakis (Ward 29).
