Longtime textile service owner/operator Lou Zipperman loved being in the laundry business. He loved telling a good joke almost as much. His son Don recalled that Zipperman, who passed away at 91 earlier this year, would even take shots at his own occasionally tenuous financial condition in his quest for a laugh. 
 
“They called him ‘Leveraged Louie,’ said Don, who now works in the audiovisual industry representing a number of manufacturers. “He used to joke, ‘I don’t need health insurance; if I get a cold I have six bankers tucking me in at night.’ He had a ...