Carl Lipton, 86, of Eastham, Mass.

Carl Lipton, 86, of Eastham, MA, formerly of Kingston, died July 9, 2019 at his home.

Carl was a lifelong Kingston resident until moving permanently to his summer home on Cape Cod in 2009.

Born in Kingston, he was a son of the late Julius and Mabel Kirschner Lipton. Carl was a 1950 graduate of Kingston High School; a 1954 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he obtained a Bachelor of Management Engineering degree and a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Carl was a senior program manager at

IBM-Kingston for 35 years. He retired in 1991 and belonged to the Quarter Century Club. He was a member of SCORE (Senior Corps of Retired Executives), Ulster County Chapter, where he was a twoterm chapter chair and an associate district director; and member of Congregation Ahavath Israel, where he was a three-term president and financial secretary. He was also a member of B’nai B’rith.

Carl is survived by his two daughters, Elaine Lipton and her husband Terry Gallagher of Eastham, Mass., and Amy Jo Lipton of Palm Desert, Calif.; and two grandchildren, Jemma Lipton Gallagher and Elliot Kansai Gallagher. A brother-in-law, Larry Palten, two nieces, Emily and Nancy Samuels; and one nephew, also survive.

In addition to his parents, Carl was predeceased by his wife, Roslyn Lipton, who passed in 2010, and a sister, Evelyn Samuels.

A funeral service will take place at Simpson-Gaus Funeral Home, 411 Albany Ave., on Friday, July 12, 2019, at 11 a.m.

Interment will follow in Montrepose Cemetery.

Online condolences may be left for the family of Carl by visiting www.SimpsonGaus.com.