Mass for Humberto Yeppes, 59, of West New York, will be today at 10 a.m. at St. Augustine Church, Union City. He died Wednesday at Palisades Medical Center, North Bergen.
Born in Pereira, Colombia, he moved to the United States in 1965 and lived in New York City before moving to West New York 30 years ago.
Yeppes worked as an asbestos remover.
He was the first Vice-President and founding member of Local 78 LIUNA, New York City.
Surviving are his wife, Yolanda Soto; three sons, Mauricio Alejandro, Hector Batres and Stanley Batres; two daughters, Helen Batres and Karla Batres; two brothers, Fabio and Octavio; five sisters, Mery, Nelly, Nuvia, Myriam, and Nancy; and five grandchildren.
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Every worker deserves to have a union. Local 78 works aggressively and diligently to organize workers, to represent its members, and to provide a level playing field for union contractors.
