GEORGE KAPOLKA

Name: GEORGE KAPOLKA

Entry Date: 43

Exit Date: 45

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Status: D: 11/20/2007

“George J. Kapolka, 86, of Deltona, Fla., and formerly of Shelby Township, died Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, at his home.
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> Mr. Kapolka retired in 1980 as a supervisor at General Motors after 20 years of employment as a pattern maker. He was a member of St. Ann’s Catholic Church in DeBary, Fla. He served in the U.S. Navy’s Patrol Bomber Squadron VPB-111 during World War II as a crew chief and top turret gunner on the B-24 Liberator. His crew was also part of the air forces during the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

He loved fishing, playing his harmonica and accordion. He also enjoyed lapidary, working with stained glass and had a deep love of nature and astronomy. Mr. Kapolka is survived by his wife of 62 years, Bernice M.; children, Frances M. (Roger) Robertson, Karen (Roy) Munzel, and Suzanne M. (Lawrence Jr.) Noe, all of Michigan; siblings, David V. Kapolka of Davenport, Iowa, and Betty Hamerlinck of Bettendorf, Iowa; grandchildren, John R. Robertson, Carolyn M. Robertson-White, Robert G. and Sheila R. Kroll, Lawrence J. III and Lorell S. Noe; and great-grandson, Tyrese T. White.

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> was predeceased by his son, George M. Kapolka; parents, George A. and Mary A. (Rimay) Kapolka; twin brother, John N. Kapolka; and sister, Jean Behrensmeyer. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. Tuesday at Gramer Funeral Home, Diener Chapel, 48271 Van Dyke, Shelby Township. Burial of cremains will be in Utica Cemetery, Shelby Township. Visitation is 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday. In lieu of flowers, donations are suggested to Volusia/Flagler Hospice, 3800 Woodbriar Trail, Port Orange, FL 32919.”