Felix L. Karpinchik Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Felix Lawrence Karpinchik, 90, lifetime resident of Garfield, passed away peacefully, Saturday, October 24th, 2015, with his family at his side. Felix was a painter at Montclair State University for 45 years retiring in 1990. He was a parishioner of St. Stanislaus Kostka R.C. Church, Garfield, and a former member of the Holy Name Society. Felix was a veteran of the United States Navy serving in WW II, and earned the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon and Victory Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Medal with 2 Bronze Stars, Philippine Liberation Medal with Bronze Star, and the American Theater Medal, and was a member of the Wallington V.F. W Pavlik Koster Post 2640. Felix was the beloved husband of Ann (nee Wolos), devoted father of Kenneth Karpinchik, and his wife Mary, of Rancho Mirage, CA., and Janice Carloni,, and her husband Steven, of Pine Brook, loving grandfather of Nicholas, Michael, and Marc, and great-granddaughter Giulianna Sofia, loving brother of Pauline Skorupka of Silver Beach, NJ, and the late Walter Karpinchik and Lillian Karpinchik. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105 (800) 833-6344 or The Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758517, Topeka, KS 66675 (855) 448-3997, in memory of Felix L. Karpinchik, would be appreciated.

Felix L. Karpinchik

September 18, 1925 - October 24, 2015