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Justin Brezovsky Obituary
JACKSON TWP. — Justin Jon Brezovsky, 34, Jackson Township, passed away unexpectedly Thursday, March 24, 2016, at his home.
Born in Monongahela, Justin was the son of Garry Brezovsky and Charlotte (Telega) St. John, both of Brownsville.
Justin was raised in Brownsville and was a graduate of Brownsville High School, where he was a member of the soccer team as well as the school's marching band. He was a Penn State University graduate and earned Bachelor's degrees in Mechanical and Surveying Engineering and was president of the surveying club at Penn State Wilkes-Barre Campus.
A licensed land surveyor in multiple states, Justin was formerly employed by Borton-Lawson, Wilkes-Barre, as a mechanical engineer and currently worked in the natural gas industry with Williams in Tunkhannock as a senior designer.
Justin was a former resident of Norristown and Glen Lyon, before making his home in Jackson Township.
He was a member of the PA Society of Land Surveyors and St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dallas.
Justin enjoyed fishing, sporting clays and metal detecting. He loved music and while in high school formed a rock band with his friends. He most of all enjoyed movies with his wife, Amanda, and time spent with his daughter, Ava.
Preceding him in death were his mother-in-law, Lois Kretchmer; maternal grandparents, Mitchell and Ruth Telega; paternal grandparents, John Jr. and Amelia Brezovsky; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his wife, Amanda Brezovsky, and daughter, Ava Marie Brezovsky, both of Jackson Township; sister, Jennifer R. Gismondi, Belle Vernon; brother, Matthew D. Brezovsky, Brownsville; father-in-law, Dr. Donald S. Kretchmer, Shavertown; brother-in-law, Michael A. Kretchmer, Shavertown; several aunts, uncles and cousins.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m Wednesday, March 30, in St. Paul Lutheran Church, 474 Yalick Road, Route 118, Dallas. The Rev. Charles H. Grube will officiate. Interment will be in Carverton Cemetery, Carverton. Friends may call 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 29, at the Harold C. Snowdon Funeral Home Inc., 140 N. Main St., Shavertown.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests that those who wish make contributions to the Ava Marie Brezovsky 529 College Savings Account, No. 89353023 vcsp/collegeamerica. Checks may be made payable to "College America" and mailed to Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, 43 S. Beeson Blvd., Uniontown, PA 15401 ATTN: John Coleman.
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Memories and Condolences
for Justin Brezovsky
Jennifer Gismondi
March 24, 2025
Justin,
Remembering you today in our hearts daily!
Love,
The Sister
Charlotte St. John , mom
March 24, 2025
I love and miss you and Matt very much. There are no words, only prayers. Love, Mom 3-24-25
Charlotte St. John
March 24, 2024
I love and miss you.
Mom
Charlotte St. John ( mother)
March 23, 2023
Justin, Another year has passed without you. It´s unbelievable that now Matt is also gone. I miss my sons so much that it is hard to get through the days. In faith, hope and love I pray that you are together and waiting for me. I offer my grief to God for Our Lady´s intentions. I unite my motherly blessings for you both with Our Lady´s love for you. Please pray for me.
Mom/Ma
Charlotte St. John
March 20, 2021
You never get over the grief of the loss of a child....you endure it. Every day is another day without you. We love and miss you. May you rest in the arms of Jesus, Mary and Joseph as you pray for us. Love and Prayers, Mom 3-24-2021
Michael Bardzel
April 13, 2019
Miss you Justin. I hope you are helping God in whatever plans he must have needed your help with knowing what a brilliant mind you had every day at work. Your humor and wit was was also brilliant and left me with a sore belly from laughing so hard. I only wish we became friends much earlier in life. Hope to see you again in heaven some day. Ps the field below asks if I was a friend OR a coworker. I was both of course.
March 24, 2019
We will always love you and we will never forget you. We are missing you a little more today. Love and prayers: Mom, Dad, Jennifer, Matt and Ava
March 22, 2019
A mother loves you first, and then forever. I miss your hugs, your laugh and hearing you say my name.....mom.
March 21, 2019
I love and miss you, Justin. Mom
January 1, 2017
So sorry that 2016 was the last year of your life. You will always be in our thoughts and prayers every moment of 2017. We miss and love you and are so sorry that you did not get to finish living and especially being a father to Ava . Mom. Dad, Jennifer, Matt, Ava, family, friends and community. XO
December 26, 2016
Missing you on Christmas
Love and Prayers,
Mom, Dad, Matt, Jennifer and Ava
xo
December 24, 2016
Birthday Rememerance: 12/21/1981 - 03/24/2016
We will never forget the day you were born and we will never forget the day that you died, still not knowing who, how and why, but we must carry on with the grace of God, Who will lead us to the truth and justice, to love and care for your daughter, our granddaughter, Ava Marie Lois Brezovsky.
We love and miss you, Always and forever in our prayers and hearts.
Mom, Dad, Jennifer ( sister), Ava ( daughter), Matt (brother), family, friends and community.
Andy Oddo
April 18, 2016
I was stunned to hear this very sad news. Justin was my college roommate for a year at Penn State and somebody I shared a lot of good times with. He was a great bass player, and I had the pleasure of starting up a band and playing and writing rock songs with him.
We shared a similar taste in music, movies, and humor, and went through the same pains of being engineering students; so we got along right from the start. I'll never forget the Halloween we dressed up as the guys from the movie Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and stayed in character the entire night. He was always a blast to hang out with.
We lost touch after college, but he was someone that I really wanted to catch-up with. It's tough to grasp that I won't get the chance. He was just a great human being all-around.
I send my sincere condolences to his wife, daughter, family and friends. My prayers are with you all.
David McKnight
April 9, 2016
Justin has been my best friend for as long as I can remember (I think maybe since when we were 8). There are no words to express the loss I have felt over this sudden tragedy. I know
that his family and other friends are feeling the same sorrow that
I am. I guess that is the word that would fit... sorrow.
One of Justin's Co-Workers,Mike Bardzel, spoke at Justin's Funeral.
The words Mike spoke (both his and of other co-workers) was comforting to hear. After Mike concluded, I went up to offer some words and stories of Justin. To put it shortly, it was hard for me to muster anything, that to my standards would justify who Justin was to me and our friends. In the days that have passed since then, I have thought about it a lot. I guess
that for me, it was becuase so much of my life was inter-twined with
Justin's as we grew up and into men, that it was all one, big story
that was constantly winding. I was one of the luckiest kids to have
him as a friend. Char, Gary and Matt always saw me as one of their
family, and that was just a bonus in having him as a friend.
Justin was one of the most wonderful human beings I was blessed to have
known. He was smart beyond belief.. way smarter than me.. and one
heck of a bass guitar player and song writer. I can say whole-heartedly that Justin Brezovsky (along with a few other close friends of mine) helped shape me into the man I am today.
To all of Justin's family, friends and co-workers: Justin wasn't a man
who would want us to feel sorrow in our day to day lives for him. He would
want us to hold his memory with us and enjoy our lives ever day, as we
still have them to live. Think of him when you raise a glass, or take in a
beautiful view outdoors.
I'll miss you Justin. You are beyond this verse in your song.. keep a bass guitar and a seat next to you handy, because one day, I will see you again.
Love you brother.
Christine R.
April 4, 2016
I am so sorry for your family's loss. Justin was always upbeat and very eager to help anyone who needed it. May your memories of happy moments with him carry you through this time of sorrow.
April 2, 2016
Justin,
Please come home. We miss and love you.
Mom / Grammy xxxooo
Katie Croughn
March 30, 2016
I had the pleasure of meeting Justin once at a Christmas party. A true gentleman that adored his wife. I am so very sorry for your loss, Amanda & family. Ava was so lucky to have a dad like him, and so lucky to have a mom like you. <3
Jason & Marcy Tarnowski
March 30, 2016
It was a great privilege to work with and know Justin. He was very professional and I knew soon upon getting to know him that he would be successful in his field. It is heartbreaking to see him leave his family so soon. Our prayers are with you Amanda and Ava.
Shannon Sealy -Historic Church of St. Peter
March 30, 2016
Char, may God be with you and your family at this time and the days ahead. May God wrap his arms around you. My prayers always.
March 29, 2016
Dear Char and family
You are in my thoughts and prayers - may God sustain you and bring you peace in this time of great sorrow.
Love Annie
Hank Thomas
March 29, 2016
Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.
Carol Gudac
March 29, 2016
Char & Family, I am so sorry to here of the loss of your son. My sympathy and prayers remain with you.I pray that God strengthens all of you and allows you to heal and that the Blessed Mother sheds her motherly compassion and love upon each of you throughout your lives,especially Ava.
Sarah Cremer
March 29, 2016
Deepest sympathy for your family's loss. Justin was so proud to be a family man and his face just lit up when he spoke of Ava and Amanda. Many prayers and blessings for you all during this difficult time.
mark work
March 28, 2016
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. Too soon.
mark work
March 28, 2016
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Mary Lou Evans
March 28, 2016
Amanda, I'm so sorry for you loss. God Bless both you and Ava.
Wayne Gatlin
March 28, 2016
Amanda and Ava, there are no word to express how sorry I am for your loss. Justin was genuinely a good man who loved you both. I pray that God wraps you in His love, gives you a peace that only He can provide, that He protects you both, and that He provide your every need going forward. I feel very blessed to have known and worked with Justin.
Jeremy Rupert
March 28, 2016
May God bless Justin's family during this time of extreme sadness. It was a pleasure to know Justin on a professional and personal level.
March 28, 2016
May God Bless you and your Family and bring peace upon the family in this time of sorrow.
Wayne Gatlin
March 28, 2016
Amanda and Ava, there are no word to express how sorry I am for your loss. Justin was genuinely a good man who loved you both. I pray that God wraps you in His love, gives you a peace that He can only offer, that He protects you both, and that He provide your every need going forward. I feel very blessed to have known and worked with Justin.
Dave "Chewy" Shepherd
March 28, 2016
Amanda and Ava, words can never express how sad all of us are right now and how confused you must be at this point. I hired Justin at Williams and it was one of the best decisions I ever made as a Supervisor. What a dedicated and hard worker he was. We will all miss his great smile and humor. Justin was one of the "Bright" lights in our group. God needed some help upstairs and he handpicked Justin to help him. RIP my Friend
Scott Birdsall
March 28, 2016
God bless you and your family during this sudden lose of a great man and wonderful fellow employee. My prayers are with you.
Billy McDaniel
March 28, 2016
Amanda and Ava: There are no words to express how sad we all feel about Justin. I pray that you both will find comfort quickly and that with each day that passes you remember the kindness that was in Justin's heart.
Ann Trynock
March 28, 2016
Words are hard to express the sadness I feel. My sincere sympathy to all of Justin's family.
March 27, 2016
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.
Nick Ciambro
March 27, 2016
When I first met Justin I was blown away by how genuine and talented he was both professionally and personally. There aren't many times in your life where you meet someone as special as he was. My deepest sympathies go out to the Brezovsky family.
Cindy Sabo
March 27, 2016
Sending heartfelt sympathy to the family of Justin. He was a wonderful young man taken to soon. May god watch over all of you...
Tammy Bonnice
March 27, 2016
Justin was a wonderful man, I loved stopping by his cubicle at work and asking about his daughter. His eyes always showed the love he had for his family. The love for his wife and daughter. My thoughts and prayers are filled with you and your family, may you find comfort in the wonderful memories of such an amazing man.
With deepest sympathy,
Tammy
Lisa crow(teets)
March 27, 2016
Ur gonna be missed by many and forgotten by none
Huge accomplihment
Mike Bardzel
March 27, 2016
Justin was such an accomplished and brilliant desginer at Williams. I worked shoulder to shoulder with him every day. I feel and I know our engineers and other co workers at Williams are feeling this huge huge loss. He is so missed by me already and will be countless times a day at work by so many as Justin helped so many each and every day. I think he could have made a great CEO for a company someday. Justin, rest in peace my friend. You surely worked extremely hard and deserve it. This photo represents an accomplishement we were both proud of. When we started this project Justin wanted to work with me and knew little about electrical systems. A few months later upon completeing this huge task of creating electrical documentation for a facility shown in the pic, Justin was already understanding every electrical system in detail and was ready to do these on his own as I moved onto another project. He was incredibly gifted.
Linda Karol
March 27, 2016
Please accept my deepest sympathy. Justin was such a pleasant and friendly young man. His loss will be felt by so many.
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