- Date Of Birth: January 10, 1930
- Date Of Death: February 27, 2017
- State: Connecticut
Felix Robert Grzych, 87, of Columbia, CT husband of Judith Fletcher Grzych passed away peacefully at home on Monday, February 27, 2017. He was born in Dudley, MA the youngest of 11 children and attended a technical school there where he trained as an auto mechanic. He graduated with honors from Bartlett High School in 1948. His teachers encouraged him to seek a college degree but instead he chose to join the Navy. Felix served on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Kearsarge and on the Destroyer U.S.S. Brush, which struck a floating mine two miles off Tanshon Korea. It was then Felix declared, “I’m a lover not a fighter”. On December 30, 1950 while home on leave, he married his childhood sweetheart and love of his life Judith Fletcher. Shortly after, he joined the U.S. Naval Submarine School in New London, CT and served on the submarine U.S.S. Lionfish.
Felix loved his family dearly and leaves behind his beloved wife Judy of 66 years, his children and their spouses, Susan and Gregory Zoller of Greenwood Village, Nancy Parikh of San Francisco, CA, Jonathan and Colette of Essex Junction, VT, Jane and Mark Malyszko of Broad Brook, CT, and David and Bobbi Grzych of Columbia, CT. He also leaves 14 grandchildren Chris, Meghan, Justin, Elizabeth, Michael, Kaitlyn, Ari, Leah, Jenna, Leslie, Aaron, Carli, Jaime and Jacob; 5 great-grandchildren, Austin, Andrew Felix, Colin, Carson and Joey, as well as his sister Clara Cournoyer of Southbridge, MA. A special thanks to Felix’s many caregiver’s who pampered him, especially Sharon Phaneuf who was like a daughter.
