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Born in Brooklyn, NY Mr. Kotlarz resided in Somerset for the past 47 years.
Prior to his retirement in 2014, he worked for AT&T as a Building Mechanic for 35 years at the Piscataway Facility.
John played Baseball well into his 50's; he coached Baseball & Soccer for many years in Franklin Twp.; Mr. Kotlarz was avid NY Met and NY Jet fan; he also enjoyed saltwater fishing in the Barnegat Bay and in his younger years he enjoyed snow skiing.
Surviving are his wife Margaret "Peggy" (Burns) Kotlarz; 2 sons Michael and his wife Nicole and Eric and his wife Lauren; his sister-in-laws Helen Burns, Maureen Burns-Gorman and her husband Dick & Marie Belli and her husband John: 5 grandchildren Blake, Alex, Sofia, Quinn and Kendall; also surviving several nieces, cousins and many friends.
Visitation will be on Sunday, October 20th, 2024 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm in The GLEASON FUNERAL HOME, 1360 Hamilton Street, Somerset, NJ. Cremation will be private.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made to the American Kidney Foundation at www.kidney.org
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