Wilbur Joseph Klinosky's Obituary
Wilbur Joseph Klinosky, 84, passed away April 10, 2014. He was born August 30, 1929 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania to the late Peter and Margaret (Ulavage) Klinosky. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his sisters, Connie, Adel, Helen and Margaret; brothers, Daniel, Pete and Eddie.Mr. Klinosky loved to garden, travel and fish. He spent many years as an electrician and later retired from Bell Labs/AT&T. Following retirement, he came to Lee County in 2001 from Parsippany, New Jersey.Left to cherish his memory are his wife of 60 years, Helen; children, Dianne Rinaldi and her husband James of Oak Ridge, New Jersey; Wayne Klinosky and his wife Stephanie of Kenvil, New Jersey and Karen Gavala and her husband Michael of Fort Myers; sisters, Lillian Klinosky of Reading, Pennsylvania and Evelyn Harryn of Hellertown, Pennsylvania; grandchildren, Jimmy, Kristin, Matthew, Michael, Samantha and Nicholas; and one great granddaughter, Gianna.There will be a visitation on Monday, April 14, 2014 from 5:30 to 7:30 PM at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens Funeral Home. Funeral service with Military Honors on Tuesday at 11:00 AM at Fort Myers Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org or the American Foundation for the Blind at www.afb.org. Condolences and memories may be left at www.fortmyersmemorial.com.
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