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Theodore Bakowicz Obituary

SHAMOKIN — Theodore W. "Dory" Bakowicz, 92, of 714 E. Race St., passed away Monday evening, May 6, 2013, at the Manor at Susquehanna Village, Millersburg.

Born Aug. 18, 1920, in Excelsior, he was a son of the late Nicholas and Barbara (Kutzer) Bakowicz.

He entered the Army Air Corps Jan. 20, 1942, and served with 5th Air Corp, 8th Bomber Group during World War II, stationed in the South Pacific. He received his honorable discharge June 23, 1945, attaining the rank of staff sergeant.

On July 13, 1946, in the former St. Edward's Church, Shamokin, he married Pauline A. Klemick, who preceded him in death July 26, 2005.

For many years, he was employed as a concrete plant manager for the former Shamokin-Danville Redi-Mix Company, and later Central Builders Supply, until his retirement.

He was a member of Mother Cabrini Church and Friendship Fire Company, Shamokin, and Sunny Hills Golf Club, Sunbury.

Dad's passion was playing golf. If the sun was out, dad was out. He took great pride in having eight PGA officially sanctioned holes-in-one, all occurring after the age of 70. He also always enjoyed out scoring his 66-year-old son.

Dad will be sadly missed by all of his friends and loving family, which include three sons and daughters-in-law, Ted and Sandy Bakowicz, of Danville, David and Carol Bakowicz, of Bartlett, Tenn., and George and Terry Bakowicz, of Elizabethville; seven grandchildren, Ted Bakowicz and his wife, Allison, Gina Horne and her husband, Mark, Rachael Bakowicz, Jillian Fletcher and her husband, Lonnie, Allison Bunker and her husband, Pat, Andrew Bakowicz, and Katherine Bakowicz; five great-grandchildren, Joshua and Elyse Bakowicz, Benjamin Horne, and Nathan and Samantha Fletcher; a sister, Marie Young, of Emmanuel Center, Danville, and several nieces and nephews.

In addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by three sisters, Helen Krepshaw, Eva Cosentino and Anna Connaghan; four brothers, John, Joseph, Nicholas and Wasil Bakowicz, and a great-grandson, Lucas Horne.

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BAKOWICZ — Theodore W. "Dory" Bakowicz, 92, of 714 E. Race St., Shamokin. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday in Mother Cabrini Church, Shamokin. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery, Bear Gap. Viewing will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with a Christian wake service at 8 p.m., and from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Thursday in the Stephen A. Chowka Funeral Home, 114 N. Shamokin St., Shamokin.

Published by The News Item from May 8 to May 9, 2013.
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May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

Scott and Michelle Wentz

May 14, 2013

Thank you for giving me milk money when i I went to school, because Mom had none.
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Love, Sister Marie

May 9, 2013

'Dorable Dory,
Thanks for being a second father to me.
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Your WWII and golf stories will remain with us "fore" all eternity.
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May 9, 2013

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