Joseph M. Kopesky, age 90 of Kenosha, died peacefully on Sunday, November 5, 2017, with his loving family\u00a0by his side.<\/p>\n
Born in Kenosha on April 16, 1927, he was the son of the late Julius and Mary (Moticik) Kopesky.<\/p>\n
From July 17, 1944 until his honorable discharge on January 15, 1948, Joseph served in the U.S. Navy during\u00a0WWII. During his time in the service, Joseph was stationed on the L.S.T. Ship, A.K.A. 106 and U.S.S. Union.\u00a0He attained the rank of Baker 1st<\/sup> Class and was involved in the South Pacific, Asiatic Campaign and the\u00a0Invasion of Okinawa with the 3rd<\/sup> Amphibious Fleet. He brought supplies to the Arctic Circle. He proudly\u00a0received the World War II Victory Medal, American Area Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal\u00a0and the Good Conduct Medal.<\/p>\n On January 28, 1950 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, he was united in marriage to the love of his life, Winifred Fox.<\/p>\n For nearly 30 years, Joseph was employed with the City of Kenosha in their Street Department Division. He\u00a0retired in 1989. Previously, he was employed with the Simmons Company, Briggs Landscaping, City Food and\u00a0as a chaperone for teenage dances that were held at the American Legion.<\/p>\n He enjoyed working in his rose garden, completing word searches, playing his harmonica for his grandchildren\u00a0and great-grandchildren, and playing Canasta with relatives. Joseph also loved watching old movies; especially\u00a0\u201cBen Hur\u201d and the \u201cTen Commandments\u201d.\u00a0 Daily he loved to purchase scratch lottery tickets for his lovely wife.<\/p>\n Joseph is survived by his loving wife of 67 years, Winifred Kopesky; his beautiful daughters, Kathleen\u00a0(Bradley) Matthews, Peggy Guibault and Tina (Fernando) Llanas; seven grandchildren, Joseph, Ryan, Aaron,\u00a0Sarah, Allyson, Alexander and Nicholas; ten great grandchildren; his son-in-law, Jon Gyurina; and his\u00a0sister-in-law, Patricia Kopesky.<\/p>\n In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter, Jane Gyurina; his son-in-law, Paul\u00a0Guibault; his brothers, John, Julius, Jr. and Lawrence Kopesky; and his sisters, Mary Latawiec, Ella Matteucci\u00a0and Anne Sabol.<\/p>\n The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. Hull, Dr. Abbo, Kenosha Hospital, Brookside Care\u00a0<\/em>Center and mostly Hospice Alliance, Inc. for their care and compassion during Joseph<\/em>\u2019<\/em>s short illness.<\/em><\/p>\n Funeral Services honoring Joseph\u2019s life will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at the Joseph M. Kopesky, age 90 of Kenosha, died peacefully on Sunday, November 5, 2017, with his loving family\u00a0by his side. Born in Kenosha on April 16, 1927, he was the son of the late Julius and Mary (Moticik) Kopesky. From July 17, 1944 until his<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":14176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"service-location":[],"class_list":["post-14175","obituary","type-obituary","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/obituary\/14175","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=14175"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kenoshafuneralhome.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service-location?post=14175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Informaci\u00f3n del servicio<\/h3>\n
\nPiasecki-Althaus Funeral Home, 3720 39th Ave., Kenosha, WI. Entombment with military honors will follow in All Saints Mausoleum.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"