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In the photo above, from left to right, we
see Ken's childhood friends Donnie and
Mike Carroll, Chester Korbut - Ken's father,
and Ken himself.
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Kenneth was born
December 26, 1953, in Detroit, Michigan. His parents were Chester and Eleanor
Korbut. He was married to, and later divorced from, Henrietta Anaya. Kenneth
worked as a journeyman carpenter in the construction business. Over the course
of his life, he lived in various locations in both CA and MI. He enjoyed surfing,
camping and spending time with his friends.
Kenneth is
survived by his sister Patricia M. Drew of Laguna Niguel, CA; by his niece
Michele Smith and her two children Alyssa and Dylan Smith of Huntington Beach,
CA; by his cousin Kevin Lawrence and his two children Alexis Lawrence and Kelly
LoGiudice, and by his cousin Michael Faivor of Austin, TX. Kenneth is also
survived by his friend Ronald McNally. Kenneth was predeceased by his brother,
Jim Korbut, 62, of Seal Beach, California on April 20, 2013.
Kenneth graduated
from Warner Middle School in Midway, CA in 1968. While he was a student at
Warner, he was elected the Christmas Snowball King which recognized him as
being the school’s most popular male student. Kenneth played varsity football
during his junior and senior years at Fountain Valley High School from which he
graduated in 1972.
There will be a
memorial service for Kenneth on Sunday July 27, 2014, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00
p.m. at the Highland Adult Activity Center on 209 N. John Street in Highland,
MI. For more information on the memorial service, please telephone Kenneth’s
cousin, Kevin Lawrence, at (248) 755-1195.
Consistent with
the wishes of his sister, Kenneth’s cremains will be returned to CA and – at a
later ceremony -- scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
