Fred J. Namovich, age 90 of Kenosha, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at home in his sleep.<\/p>\n
Fred was born on June 21, 1933 in Laona, WI, the son of the late Leon and Francis (Ostrowski) Namovich.\u00a0 He was baptized in the Catholic Church.\u00a0 Fred graduated from Mary D. Bradford High School of Kenosha, Class of 1951 and was in the R.O.T.C. there.<\/p>\n
Fred then served from 1951 to 1953 in the Korean War being stationed in Korea and Japan.\u00a0 After the service, Fred worked as an Accountant for the Simmons Company.\u00a0 Later he worked on the assembly line at American Motors\/Chrysler for well over 30 years.<\/p>\n
He was a member of the Local Motorcycle Club called \u201cKIWI\u2019s.\u201d\u00a0 He loved to tell how they sent their bikes to \u201cCUBA\u201d in the 1950\u2019s and toured the whole country on their motorcycles.\u00a0 He enjoyed skippering a boat on Lake Michigan for many summers.<\/p>\n
Fred played the oboe and clarinet and was a talented artist.\u00a0 He built theatre sets for \u201cLittle Theatre.\u201d\u00a0 Later in life he refinished antique furniture.\u00a0 He was an avid art and antique collector and loved beautiful things.<\/p>\n
On May 1, 1970, he entered a same sex, common-law marriage with Gordi Studebaker of Zion, IL.\u00a0 Later as laws changed they were legally married in Dubuque, IA on June 11, 2010.\u00a0 They were in their 54th<\/sup> year together when Fred passed.<\/p>\n Fred and Gordi ran \u201cStudebaker Estate Sales\u201d in Kenosha for many years.\u00a0 He was a medal-winning Tai-Chi Instructor and taught hundreds of students in his lifetime.\u00a0 He was also a body builder and weightlifter.<\/p>\n In addition to his parents, Fred was preceded in death by six brothers and sisters.<\/p>\n Fred is survived by his spouse, Gordi of Kenosha; and his sister, Alice Namovich of Westland, MI.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Friends will be welcomed at a committal service with full military honors on February 13, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. in the Chapel of the Serenity Mausoleum in Sunset Ridge Memorial Park, 4300 Green Bay Road, Kenosha where Fred will be entombed.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Fred J. Namovich, age 90 of Kenosha, passed away on Saturday, February 3, 2024 at home in his sleep. Fred was born on June 21, 1933 in Laona, WI, the son of the late Leon and Francis (Ostrowski) Namovich.\u00a0 He was baptized in the Catholic<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-11222","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/11222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/obituary"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=11222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n