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MANVILLE Michael Bukovecky Jr. died Jan. 19 at Somerset Medical Center in Somerville. He was 85.
Born in Manville, he was a lifelong resident.
He served in the United States Army.
Mr. Bukovecky worked in operations for the Johns-Manville Corporation in Manville for 30 years, retiring in 1980. He was also a member of the Johns-Manville Quarter-Century Club.
He was a communicant of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Hillsborough serving as a past trustee, member of the Holy Name Society and an usher.
A brother, John Bukovecky; and a sister, Elizabeth Waslin, are deceased.
Surviving are two sisters, Mary Menapace of Manville and Anne Peters of Toms River; and many nieces and nephews.
The funeral was held Jan. 22 from the Ketusky Funeral Home in Manville, followed by a Divine Liturgy at St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church. Burial was in Sacred Heart Cemetery in Hillsborough.

