Fred T. Kozlowski

SALEM — Mr. Fred Thomas Kozlowski, 90, beloved husband of the late Gloria M. (Marquis) Kozlowski, died Friday morning, Feb. 5, 2010 at Beverly Hospital.

Born in Lynn, he was the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Vladas "Wallace" and Antonina "Ethel" (Galezkute) Kazlauskas. He was raised and educated in Lynn.

An honorably disabled discharged veteran, he served his country as a member of the United States Army during World War II. Private 1st Class Kozlowski, served in England, France and Germany. As a teenager, he built a small sailboat and thus began a long career as a boat builder.

After World War II he continued with a G.I. Bill, sponsored apprenticeship at Graves Boat Yard in Marblehead. He then founded his own business, Fred's Boat Shop, on Franklin Street in Salem. He owned and operated this business nearly until the time of his death and his love of boats and the ocean never waned. He resided by the sea on Juniper Cove in Salem and fished for lobster on a small scale. He had many friends among boaters and commercial fisherman on the North Shore. He also worked as a building contractor and later as a boat builder at the Boston Naval Shipyard.

Fred was a longtime member of the Immaculate Conception Church in Salem and was a life member of the Disabled American Veterans.

Fred is survived by his daughters, Sandra Lee (Kozlowski) Budzinski and her husband Robert Charles of Ipswich and Deborah Rose Kozlowski of White River Junction, Vt.; his granddaughter, Tracy (Budzinski) Burke of Essex and Brett Budzinski of North Andover; his four great-grandchildren; his sister, Gladys Luciano of Arizona; his brother, Wilhelm Kozlauska of Lynnfield; his niece, Carol Hand and his nephew, John Kozlauska.

ARRANGEMENTS: His funeral Mass will be held Monday in the Chapel of the Immaculate Conception Church, Salem, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends invited. Burial in Greenlawn Cemetery, Salem. As requested, no visiting hours. Assisting the family with the arrangements is The O'Donnell Funeral Home, 46 Washington Sq., (at Salem Common), Salem. 978-744-2350. Online guestbook at www.legacy.com.