Joe
Kunigonis
It is with a very heavy
heart that I announce to all of you the early death of a most
wonderful friend and business partner Joe Kunigonis on Sunday
December 9th, 2007. We at the Mulligan Tour send out or
most deepest sympathies to his beloved family and the men on the
New Jersey chapter tour and the lucky ones amongst us who had a
chance to meet and play golf with Joe. Our thoughts are with all
of you. May he rest in peace!
The picture above is when I
took Joe to Glen Abbey just after Tiger Woods won the Canadian
open at this course. I will admit Joe was like a kid in a candy
store! we all tried many times to duplicate that Tiger Woods
Bunker shot on the 18th hole but never succeeded. I am sure Joe
will have a new golf partner with Payne Stewart! he will be
missed!
The wake will be;
Thurs Dec. 13th; 2pm-4pm, and 7pm-9pm
Dimarco's Funeral Home, 205 Rhode Hall Rd.
Monroe Township, NJ 08831
The funeral will be;
Fri Dec, 14th: final viewing 8:15am to 9:00am and 9am Mass at
St Thomas Church , followed by 11:00am burial at
Holy Cross Cemetary
A special thanks to
Joe Haulenbeek for helping me touch base with the players and
inform them of Joe's tragedy. Joe can be reached at jhaulenbeek@bluefieldcontrols.com, cell
609-922-1397
I hope many of you
can go in support for Joe's Family
Joseph
J. Kunigonis
died
suddenly on Sunday December 9, 2007 at Robert Wood Johnson
University
Hospital in New Brunswick. He was 55 years old. Mr.
Kunigonis was born in Jersey
City and raised in Hasbrouck Heights. He married his
bride, Linda (Mariano) and, in
1990, they settled in Monroe Twp. In 1974, he graduated
from Rutgers University
with a BA in Economics and was first employed by Coach, Inc. as
a Senior Systems
Analyst. For the past two years, he worked for Sallie Mae
Financial in Morrestown as
a Business Systems Administrator. He was very active in
scholarship fundraising with
his collegiate fraternity, Alpha Sigma Phi, and recently
received the Delta Beta Xi
Award for outstanding fundraising. He was the third person
in the University’s history
to receive the award. He coached for many years with
Monroe Twp. Recreation Girls
& Boys softball, baseball, and basketball and most recently
was a referee for the
Central East Jersey Basketball Officials. He
was a founding member of the New
Jersey Chapter of Mulligan Tours, “a public golf tour for
recreational golfers” and was
an avid golfer, and a member at Clearbrook Golf Club.
He was predeceased by his
father, Alexander, in 1995.
He is survived by his wife
of 23 years, Linda (Mariano) of Monroe Twp., his
mother, Anna (Chowansky) of Hasbrouck Heights, his son, Daniel
J. of Monroe Twp.,
his daughter, Kristen M. Kunigonis of Monroe Twp., his sister,
Ann Basuki and her
husband Yo of Saddle Brook, and his sister-in-law, Terry Dynega
and her husband
David J. of Bayonne. He is also survived by several aunts,
uncles, nieces, nephews,
and cousins.
Funeral services will begin
at 8:15am on Friday December 14, 2007 from the M.
David DeMarco Funeral Home 205 Rhode Hall Rd. Monroe Township,
732-521-0555.
A funeral liturgy will be 9:00am at St. Thomas the Apostle RC
Church, Old Bridge
followed by Entombment at Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington.
Visitation will be
from 2-4pm and 7-9pm on Thursday at the funeral home. For
those who desire,
memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart
Association 2550 US Hwy.
1 North Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301. |
