Krenitsky

Paul R. Krenitsky, 67, of Weckerly Road died Sunday at Sunnyview Home.

Born Feb. 27, 1939, in Butler, he was a son of the late Paul and Anna Krynicka Krenitsky.

He was a 1957 graduate of Butler High School and completed two years of mechanical engineering at Carnegie Tech in Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh.

Mr. Krenitsky was a draftsman and worked at Pullman Standard until the plant closed in 1981. He also was a math and drafting instructor at Butler County Community College from 1981 to 1983.

He then was a freelance draftsman until his retirement in 1997 and had worked for many engineering companies, including Loftus Engineering of Pittsburgh, Zimmerman-Jantzen in Glenshaw, Herr-Voss of Callery, James H. Matthews of East Liberty, and International Staple and Magnetics in Butler.

He was a member of St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.

He was an automobile enthusiast and had a lifelong interest in restoring old cars, especially Corvettes.

Surviving are his wife, Karen Fisher Krenitsky, whom he married June 22, 1966; two sons, Mark Paul Krenitsky and his wife, Lorena of Croydon, N.H., and Michael D. and his wife, Attaporn "Toby" Krenitsky, of Seattle, Wash.; and two brothers, Dr. Peter Krenitsky and his wife, Barbara, of Detroit, Mich., and Donald Krenitsky and his wife, Helen, of Perkasie, Bucks County.

He also is survived by an uncle, Nicholas Krenitsky of Buffalo, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.

<B>KRENITSKY </B>— Friends of Paul R. Krenitsky, who died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007, will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at <B>Geibel Funeral Home</B>, 201 E. Cunningham St.Private funeral services will be held Friday at the funeral home.Memorial donations may be made to American Diabetes Association, 300 Penn Center Blvd., Suite 602, Pittsburgh, PA 15235; Butler Public Library, 218 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001; or St. Paul Roman Catholic Church, 128 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001.Cremation services provided by Geibel Funeral Home.Information also is available at www.geibelfuneralhome.com.