John Urbanski
On May 9, 2023, of Williamstown. Age 86. Beloved husband of Louise (nee Chase). Devoted father of Rebecca Spinella (Scott) and John Urbanski. Loving grandfather of Connor and Brendan. Dear brother of Matt Urbanski (Brenda), Dan Urbanski, Dennis Urbanski, Don Urbanski (Bobbie), and the late Frank Urbanski and Barbara Hayes. Survived by the mother of his grandsons, Melissa Giffear. Loved by many nieces, nephews, and dear friends.
John/Dad was a great husband, dad, grandfather “Poppy”, father-in-law and friend. He is known to many for being a “good guy”, everyone loved to be around him. He got a kick out of older ladies calling him “eye candy” while he was out getting lunch at Papa’s Pizza. He was charming, brave, smart, witty, funny, LOVED telling stories about his memories and things that happened to him growing up, loved his job at Toppers as warehouse supervisor, well-traveled, saw so much of this country, proud to be a Marine, he was good at fixing things, “Mr. Fix It”, Hated garlic and spices in general, he liked his food WELL done (his steak had to be like the leather on the bottom of a shoe) and hot, red wine, “the club” (American Legion Post 252), watching the news, discussing the news, his Commodore 64, reading books and magazines, proud of his digital book library, his many Kindles, Star Trek, Stargate, Sponge Bob, cartoons, black coffee with an old-fashioned donut. He loved sweets but didn’t indulge too much. Chicken cheesesteak with fried hot peppers, minced meat pie, solitaire, Word game, smoothies and he liked dogs (Cooper) but secretly, while telling the rest of us he didn’t like dogs. He loved a good audience for telling stories. Oh, and always said he couldn’t wait until tomorrow because he would be better looking.
Family and friends are invited to attend his visitation Tuesday 9:00 – 10:30 AM at the Egizi Funeral Home, 119 Ganttown Rd., Washington Twp. Funeral service 10:30 AM. Inurnment Gloucester County Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Williamstown.
In lieu of flowers, donations in John’s memory may be made to American Lung Association at www.lung.org. or American Heart Association at www.heart.org/donate. or Wounded Warrior Project, PO Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675 or The Jewish Federation of Southern New Jersey at www.jewishsouthjersey/tribute.
“A Life Well Lived Is Worth Remembering”