John Joseph Borkowski

Fayetteville

John Joseph Borkowski, 96 formerly of Huntington, WV, passed away on Tuesday, March 9, 2021.

A Catholic Mass will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, April 23, 2022 at Saint Ann Catholic Church, officiating will be Father, Michael Conveyou.

Burial will be at 3:30 PM at San Isidro Catholic Cemetery, officiating will be Anthony Bishop.

He was born in Steubenville, OH to the late Anthony John Borkowski and Mary Barbara Koslowska Borkowski.  He is also preceded in death by his wife, Jean Green Borkowski; daughter, Mary Margaret VanCleve; and his four siblings.

He was a member of the 1945 & 1946 West Virginia University Basketball Team.  He was also a member of the United States Army Air Corps, having done tours in Sicily, Italy during World War II.  While he was serving his unit received the Presidential Unit Citation Award.  John graduated in 1951 from the University of Colorado School of Pharmacy, and was a Pharmacist for 60 years in multiple areas across the United States.

He is survived by his children, Donna Skinner (Harry), Carol Borkowski, and Leo Borkowski (Yong Mi); grandchildren, Amelia Simpson, Elizabeth Dailey (Nick), Benjamin Ware (Klara), Luke VanCleve, Jason VanCleve (Danielle), Dong Hyon Chong, and Susan Borkowski; great grandchildren, Alexander, Aimee' and Andrew Simpson, Samuel Casey, Sophia Dailey, Abigail and Gabriel Ware, and Jean VanCleve; and son-in-law, John VanCleve.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to San Isidro Catholic Church, 4733 Macedonia Church Road, Fayetteville, NC  28312.

Services entrusted to Butler Funeral Home, 6535 Clinton Road, Stedman, NC  28391.