Alexander Kulas.GROTON - Alexander A. Kulas, 60, of 84 Lost Lake Drive, died Monday, Feb. 23, in Emerson Hospital Emerson Hospital is a hospital located in Concord, Massachusetts, founded in 1911 on forty acres donated by Charles Emerson. As of 2006, it is a full-service, non-profit community hospital and acute care medical center with 177 beds, providing advanced medical services to over , Concord, after an illness. He is survived by his wife of 26 years, Mary B. (Powers) Kulas; his mother, Genevieve (Howerton) Kulas, of Fort Walton Beach Fort Walton Beach, city (1990 pop. 21,471), Okaloosa co., NW Fla., on the Gulf of Mexico; inc. 1941. It is a year-round beach and fishing resort east of Pensacola. Electronic equipment and small boats are made, and military aircraft are modified here. , Fla.; two brothers, Michael Kulas and his wife, Elizabeth, of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge (băt`ən r  zh) [Fr.,=red stick], city (1990 pop. 219,531), state capital and seat of East Baton Rouge parish, SE La. , La.,
and Jan Kulas and his wife, Karyn, of Titusville, Fla.; a sister, Jody
Van Deursen, wife of the late Charles Van Deursen, of Ocala, Fla.; his
mother-in-law, Mary B. (Connor) Powers, wife of the late William E.
Powers Jr., of Clinton; a brother-in-law, William E. Powers III, of
Raynham; a sister-in-law, Colleen A. Glaser, and her husband,
Christopher, of Woburn; seven nieces and nephews, Stephanie, Jenny,
Andy, Janine, Douglas, Shannon and Brian; and many cousins in the United
States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Poland.
Mr. Kulas was born in San Francisco, Calf., son of the late Anthony A. Kulas, and was raised in Japan, Duluth, Minn., and West Palm Beach, Fla., as his father served with the U.S. Military. He and his wife, Mary, settled in Groton nearly 25 years ago. He was a graduate of the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. , Gainesville, and a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. . For many years, he worked in the computer industry as a programmer and test engineer. A member of Sacred Heart-St. James Church, Groton, Mr. Kulas was an avid reader, a Star Trek "Trekkie," and enjoyed water skiing, chess, golf and tennis. His funeral will be held on Saturday, Feb. 28, from the McNally & Watson Funeral Home, 304 Church St., Clinton, with a Mass at 10 a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 80 Union St., Clinton. Burial will be private. Relatives and friends are invited to attend calling hours on Friday, Feb. 27, from 4 to 8 p.m. in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his memory to the American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, , Central New England Region, 350 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01604. For online condolences, go to www.mcnallywatson.com. ART: PHOTO |
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