Joseph F.Nipaver;77;of Lynnwood;died Tuesday;Oct.11;1994;in Mon Valley Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was born May 30;1917;in Hopwood;a son of the late Joseph and Suzanna Zubin Neupaver. He was a member of the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City. He was a retired steelworker;having worked at the Allenport Plant of Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. Survivors include his wife;Genevieve Duda Nipaver;two daughters;Judy Williamson of Belle Vernon;and Doris Vacila of Connecticut;one son;Jerome Nipaver of Pittsburgh;seven grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren;three brothers;Albert Neupaver of Belle Vernon;John Neupaver of Panama City;Fla.;and Edward Neupaver of Irwin;and one sister;Helen Worrell of Cleveland. Friends will be received Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.;Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. and Friday until 9:30 a.m. in the Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City. A funeral Mass will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church;Fayette City;with the Rev.Richard E.Mackiewicz as celebrant. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. A parish vigil will be held Thursday at 3 p.m. in the funeral home. The McCrory Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.