Member of Port 5 Naval Veterans Henry Michael Kolbusz, Sr., 89, Passed Away

WESTON, CT — Henry (nee Henryk) Michael Kolbusz, Sr., age 89, of Weston and formerly of Fairfield, the loving husband of the late Lillian Leucwinko Kolbusz, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 4, 2016.

Born in a village outside of Kolbuszowa, Poland, he was a member of the Polish Underground Resistance during WWII. Mr. Kolbusz was contracted to the US Armed Forces, American Sector in Germany as a guard of prisoners of war accused of war crimes at the Nuremberg Trial, Nuremberg, Germany. He immigrated to the United States in 1948, after which he served in the Army Reserves, 318th Operations and Signal Battalion.

Mr. Kolbusz was the President of Kolbusz Building and Land Developing, a family owned and operated building and real estate business since 1960.

He was a longtime member of Saint Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church in Fairfield, a member of Port 5 Naval Veterans and a past member of the Home Builders Association. His interests included many years of sport and tournament big game fishing in Central America with his two sons.

Mr. Kolbusz is survived by his two sons, Henry Kolbusz, Jr. and Thomas Kolbusz and his wife, Lorraine, all of Weston; three brothers, Casmir Kolbusz and his wife, Frances of Fairfield, Joseph Kolbusz and his wife, Christine of Stratford and Edward Kolbusz of Rzesow, Poland; and many nieces and nephews.

Friends are invited to attend his wake service on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 from 4-8 p.m. at the Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, 50 Reef Road in Fairfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Fairfield. Interment to follow in Oak Lawn Cemetery with full Military Honors. To send an online condolence, please visit www.shaughnesseybanks.com.